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The bulbs are used medicinally.
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Description
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Bulb of 2 or 3 scales, ovoid, ca. 1.5 cm in diam. Stem to 30 cm. Leaves 3--8, opposite or sometimes also whorled, distal ones occasionally alternate; leaf blade broadly linear to oblong-lanceolate, 3--8 × 0.5--2 cm, apex acuminate, not cirrose. Inflorescence 1(or 2)-flowered; bracts (1--)3, apex acuminate. Flower campanulate; pedicel 1.4--2 cm. Tepals olive green, marked and tessellated with deep purple, oblong-elliptic to obovate, 2.5--4.5 × 1.3--2 cm; nectaries ovate or orbicular. Stamens 1.2--2.4 cm; filaments glabrous. Style 3-lobed; lobes ca. 3 mm. Capsule narrowly winged, with persistent tepals. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jul--Aug.
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Habitat
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* Open thickets, hill grasslands; 3400--3600 m.
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Fritillaria sinica: Brief Summary
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Fritillaria sinica is a Chinese flowering plant species in the lily family Liliaceae. It is found in the wild only in the Province of Sichuan in southwestern China, although it is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental in other regions.
Fritillaria sinica produces bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. The stem is up to 30 cm tall. The flowers are olive-green with deep purple markings.
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