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Fragrant Fritillary (Fritillaria liliacea)
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Flower
Yellow
White
3 or 6 Petals
Alternate
Basal
Typical Height
Perennial
CA Endemic
Rare Plant
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.
Photo Gallery (87 ) click any picture to enlarge
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 ...