Fritillaria monantha Migo

The bulbs are used medicinally.

Bulb of 2 or 3 scales, 1.2--2 cm in diam. Stem 20--60(--100) cm. Leaves opposite, whorled, and alternate; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 5--12 × 1.5--3 cm, apex slightly cirrose. Inflorescence 1(--4)-flowered; bracts (1--)3, apex often slightly or strongly cirrose. Flower nodding, tubular-campanulate; pedicel 1--3.5 cm or more. Tepals greenish yellow to pale purple, tessellated or spotted with yellowish brown or dark purple, sometimes very heavily so, oblong-obovate to oblong, 3.5--5 × 1--2 cm, apex obtuse; nectaries projecting abaxially. Stamens ca. 2 mm; filaments glabrous or slightly papillose. Style 3-lobed; lobes 3--8 mm. Capsule broadly winged; wings 6--8 mm wide. Fl. Apr--Jun, fr. Jun--Jul. 2 n = 24*.

Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang.

* Forests, moist places on limestone hills, flood lands; 100--1600 m.

Fritillaria guizhouensis Y. K. Yang et al.; F. huangshanensis Y. K. Yang & C. J. Wu; F. huangshanensis f. tonglingensis (S. C. Chen & S. F. Yin) Y. K. Yang & Y. H. Zhang; F. hupehensis P. K. Hsiao & K. C. Hsia; F. lichuanensis P. Li & C. P. Yang; F. monantha var. ningguoica Y. K. Yang & M. M. Fang; F. monantha var. tonglingensis S. C. Chen & S. F. Yin; F. ningguoensis S. C. Chen & S. F. Yin; F. puqiensis G. D. Yu & C. Y. Chen; F. qimenensis D. C. Zhang & J. Z. Shao; F. thunbergii Miquel var. puqiensis (G. D. Yu & C. Y. Chen) P. K. Hsiao & S. C. Yu; F. wanjiangensis Y. K. Yang et al.

Fritillaria monantha is a Chinese plant species in the lily family Liliaceae. It is found only in China, in the Provinces of Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, and Zhejiang.

This herbaceous perennial produces bulbs up to 20 mm in diameter. The stem grows to 100 cm (39 in) tall. The pendent, nodding flowers are usually yellowish to pale purple, with purple spots.