Fragrant Fritillary (Fritillaria liliacea) Login         


        Description
  • EW Bloom Feb - Apr
  • Please don't touch this fragile and endangered plant!
  • It's native only in the greater Bay Area, from Big Sur to Sonoma
  • It's odorless or faintly fragrant.
  • CA native.
  • CNPS 1B Rare, Endangered.
  • AKA Fritillary Lily
  • Lily Family (Liliaceae)



Nodding bell-shaped flowers with 6 white tepals with green stripes.



Notice the elegant 3-branched stigma and 6 large yellow anthers.



Leaves are narrow and alternate, mostly around the base.

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Fritillarias grow from a bulb that contains fleshy scales, similar to an onion. Young plants photosynthesize sugars in their big leaves and store the ...

Several flat leaves are alternate on the stem - most of them near the base. They don't have a strong central vein. Flowers attach to an erect stem ...

A leafy [[bract]] grows from the base of the flower stalk. One common name for this plant is Fragrant Fritillary. However, it's hard to detect a s ...

Petals and [[sepals]] are in two whorls of three, one immediately above the other. They look alike, so all six are called [[tepals]]. They have gre ...

Six yellow [[anthers]] hold pollen. They surround a 3-branched [[stigma]], ready to receive pollen from other plants. [[Nectaries]] may be purple ...