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Fritillaria thunbergii Miq.

Species

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Characteristics

Bulb of 2 or 3 scales, ovoid or globose, 1--3 cm in diam. Stem 15--80 cm. Leaves 12--20, opposite, alternate, or sometimes also 3-whorled; leaf blade linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 7--11 × 1--2.5 cm, apex usually slightly cirrose. Inflorescence 1--6-flowered; bracts 2--4, apex cirrose. Flowers nodding, campanulate; pedicel 1--3.5 cm. Tepals pale yellow, sometimes tinged with pale purple or slightly tessellated with purplish brown, oblong-elliptic to narrowly obovate-oblong, 2.5--3.5 × 1--1.8 cm; nectaries small. Stamens 1--1.5 cm; filaments glabrous. Style 3-lobed; lobes 1.5--2 mm. Capsule broadly winged; wings 6--8 mm wide. Fl. Mar--Apr, fr. May--Jun.
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A bulb plant. The bulb has 2 or 3 scales. It is oval and 1-3 cm across. The stem is 15-80 cm high. There are 12-20 leaves which are alternate or in rings. The leaf blade is long and narrow. It is 7-11 cm long by 1-2.5 cm wide. There are 1-6 flowers in the flower arrangement. The flowers are nodding. They are yellow sometimes tinged with purple. The fruit is a capsule with broad wings. The wings are 6-8 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.6
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 -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in bamboo forests and shady moist places from near sea level to 600 m in China.
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Bamboo forests, shady and moist places from near sea level to 600 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

Caution: It is dangerous in large amounts. It is mostly used in medicine. The young plants and flower buds are used as potherbs. The bulbs are fried and eaten.
Uses environmental use medicinal potherb
Edible bulbs flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Drainage (unspecified), Hyperacidity (unspecified), Hypotension (unspecified), Lactogogue (unspecified), Ornament (unspecified), Tumor(Lung) (unspecified), Antiemetic (unspecified), Cancer(Thyroid) (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified)
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°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Fritillaria thunbergii world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Kazakhstan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535342-1
WFO ID wfo-0000768116
COL ID 6JQ9B
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Uvularia cirrhosa Fritillaria thunbergii Fritillaria xiaobeimu Fritillaria austroanhuiensis Fritillaria chekiangensis Fritillaria collicola Fritillaria thunbergii var. chekiangensis Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii Fritillaria thunbergii var. thunbergii
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