Fritillaria taipaiensis P. Y. Li

The bulbs are used medicinally.

Bulb of 2 scales, ovoid, 1--1.5 cm in diam. Stem 20--50(--100) cm. Leaves 5--10(--20), usually opposite, sometimes middle and distal ones also whorled and alternate; leaf blade linear to linear-lanceolate, 5--13 cm × 3--7(--12) mm, apex sometimes curved. Inflorescence 1(or 2)-flowered; bracts 3, apex often curved. Flower nodding, campanulate; pedicel 2--4 cm. Tepals yellowish green, densely spotted purple, narrowly oblong or obovate-oblong, 2.5--5 × 0.6--1.8 cm; nectaries slightly projecting abaxially. Stamens ca. 3/5 as long as tepals; filaments slightly papillose distally. Style 3-lobed; lobes 2--4 mm. Capsule winged; wings 0.5--2 mm wide. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jun--Jul. 2 n = 24*.

Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan.

* Hill thickets, grassy slopes; 2000--3200 m.

Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don f. glabra P. Y. Li; F. glabra (P. Y. Li) S. C. Chen; F. shaanxiica Y. K. Yang et al.; F. taipaiensis var. fengxianensis Y. K. Yang & J. K. Wu; F. taipaiensis f. platyphylla Y. K. Yang & S. X. Zhang.

Fritillaria taipaiensis is a flowering plant species in the lily family Liliaceae. It is found only in China, in the Provinces of Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi and Sichuan.

This herbaceous perennial produces bulbs up to 20 mm in diameter. The stem is up to 100 cm tall. The flowers are nodding and pendent, yellow-green with deep purple markings.

formerly included Fritillaria taipaiensis var. ningxiaensis Y.K.Yang & J.K.Wu - now called Fritillaria yuzhongensis G.D.Yu & Y.S.Zhou Fritillaria taipaiensis var. yuxiensis Y.K.Yang, Z.Y.Gao & C.S.Zhou - now called Fritillaria yuzhongensis G.D.Yu & Y.S.Zhou Fritillaria taipaiensis var. zhouquensis S.C.Chen & G.D.Yu - now called Fritillaria sichuanica S.C.Chen