WorldFloraDB - Fritillaria affinis

Characteristics

Bulb scales: large 2–5; small 2–20 when tepals mottled, 50 or more when tepals unmottled. Stem 1–12 dm. Leaves in 1–4 whorls of 2–8 per node proximally, alternate distally, 4–16 cm, usually shorter than inflorescence; blade linear-lanceolate to ovate; distal leaves usually equaling proximalmost leaf. Flowers nodding, odor not unpleasant; tepals brownish purple to pale yellowish green, clearly mottled yellow or purple, or unmottled, oblong to ovate, 1–4 cm, apex not recurved; nectaries yellow, dotted purple, lanceolate, 1/2–2/3 tepal length; style obviously branched for 1/2 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm. Capsules widely winged. 2n = 24, 36, 48.

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A bulb plant. It grows 60 cm tall. The leaves are broadly sword shaped and in rings. The leaves are blue-green. The flowers are purple-brown mottled with yellow spots. They are bell shaped and usually nodding.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.6

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Canada they grow in oak or pine woodlands and grasslands. It needs to be dry during the summer when bulbs are dormant. It suits hardiness zones 6-9.

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Prairies and grass bluffs to woodland and coniferous forests, usually on leafy soils overlying a rather stony sub-soil, from sea level to 1500 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Caution: Most fritillarias are poisonous if eaten. The bulbs and bulblets are cooked are eaten. They are also used in soups and stews.

Uses	poison
Edible	bulbs pods roots seeds
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	330 - 540
Germination temperacture (C°)	12 - -18
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-29
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-