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Fritillaria verticillata

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Fritillaria verticillata is a flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and the Altay region of Siberia.[1][2]

It can grow to 60 cm (23.5 in) tall, usually with one flower at the top, but sometimes with as many as five. The leaves are mostly in whorls, with 4-7 leaves per node, each up to 10 cm long but rarely more than 10 mm across. The flowers are pendent, nodding, bell-shaped, white or pale yellow, sometimes with purple spots.[2][3][4][5]

It formerly included the variety Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii - now called Fritillaria thunbergii.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Fritillaria verticillata
  2. ^ a b "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p. 384. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0
  3. ^ Flora of China 黄花贝母 huang hua bei mu Fritillaria verticillata
  4. ^ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1799. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 2(1): 91
  5. ^ Y.K.Yang , S.X.Zhang & G.J.Liu. 1987. Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research. Wuhan, Hubei 5(2): 128, as Fritillaria borealixingjiangensis

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Fritillaria verticillata: Brief Summary

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Fritillaria verticillata is a flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and the Altay region of Siberia.

It can grow to 60 cm (23.5 in) tall, usually with one flower at the top, but sometimes with as many as five. The leaves are mostly in whorls, with 4-7 leaves per node, each up to 10 cm long but rarely more than 10 mm across. The flowers are pendent, nodding, bell-shaped, white or pale yellow, sometimes with purple spots.

It formerly included the variety Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii - now called Fritillaria thunbergii.

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