Fritillaria meleagris L.

Drooping tulip (en), Œuf de pintade (fr), Pintade (fr), Fritillaire pintade (fr), Fritillaire à damiers (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Fritillaria

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.25-0.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.08 - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Damp meadows and pastures, especially on alkaline soils.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cancer (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity toxic (bulb)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 330 - 540
Germination temperacture (C°) 9 - -7
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Fritillaria meleagris habit picture by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)
Fritillaria meleagris habit picture by Martin Bishop (cc-by-sa)
Fritillaria meleagris habit picture by Maxime Leloup (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Fritillaria meleagris leaf picture by manuseitz (cc-by-sa)
Fritillaria meleagris leaf picture by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)
Fritillaria meleagris leaf picture by sophie van everdingen (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Fritillaria meleagris flower picture by Lennaert Steen (cc-by-sa)
Fritillaria meleagris flower picture by Lennaert Steen (cc-by-sa)
Fritillaria meleagris flower picture by Lennaert Steen (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Fritillaria meleagris fruit picture by Ferdi Weixi (cc-by-sa)
Fritillaria meleagris fruit picture by David Pinney (cc-by-sa)
Fritillaria meleagris fruit picture by Rémy G David (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Fritillaria meleagris world distribution map, present in Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535213-1
WFO ID wfo-0000767933
COL ID 6JQ94
BDTFX ID 28311
INPN ID 98977
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Fritillaria meleagris Fritillaria pallida Fritillaria tesselata Lilium meleagris Fritillaria contorta Fritillaria graminifolia Fritillaria major Fritillaria praecox Fritillaria lutea Fritillaria montana Fritillaria meleagris var. contorta Fritillaria meleagris subsp. meleagris