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Fritillaria verticillata Willd.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Fritillaria

Characteristics

Bulb of 2 scales, ca. 2 cm in diam. Stem 15--50 cm. Leaves rather densely arranged, basal 2 opposite, others in whorls of 4--7; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate to linear, 5--9 cm × 2--10 mm, apex strongly cirrose. Inflorescence 1--5-flowered; bracts 2 or 3, apex strongly cirrose. Flowers nodding, campanulate; pedicel 1--2 cm. Tepals white or pale yellow, occasionally tinged with pale purple, oblong-elliptic, 2--5 × 1.5--2 cm; nectaries ovate, projecting at a right angle abaxially. Stamens 1--2.5 cm; filaments dilated proximally, glabrous. Style 3-lobed, lobes 2--4 mm. Capsule winged; wings 2--4 mm wide. Fl. Apr--Jun, fr. Jul. 2 n = 24*.
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A bulb plant. It grows 60 cm high. The leaves are slender and mid green and in rings. There are 2 leaves opposite each other at the base then 4-7 leaves in a ring. The flowers are in loose spikes or up to 15 bell shaped flowers. They are white with faint green lines.
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
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is native to the mountains of Central Asia. It grows in gravelly meadows between 1,300-2,000 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
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Stony and dry slopes from W. Siberia eastwards. Hill thickets and gravelly meadows at elevations of 1300-2000 metres in NW Xinjiang, China.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The young plants, petals and flower buds are parboiled and used in soups, and seasoned potherbs. They are also cooked with soy sauce. The bulbs are eaten fried or candied. Caution: Most fritillarias are poisonous if eaten.
Uses medicinal poison potherb
Edible bulbs flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use Antiopium (unspecified), Antitussive (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Cancer(Breast) (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Lactogogue (unspecified), Tumor(Thyroid) (unspecified), Trachitis (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions 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 -

Images

Fritillaria verticillata unspecified picture

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535355-1
WFO ID wfo-0000768147
COL ID 6JPJL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Imperialis leucantha Fritillaria albidiflora Fritillaria altaica Fritillaria amoena Fritillaria borealixingjiangensis Fritillaria scandens Fritillaria verticillata Fritillaria heboksarensis Corona verticillata Fritillaria albidiflora var. jimunaica Fritillaria albidiflora var. purpurea Fritillaria albidiflora var. rhodanthera Fritillaria albidiflora var. viridicaulina Fritillaria parvialbiflora var. viridicaulina Fritillaria tortifolia var. albiflora Fritillaria tortifolia var. citrina Fritillaria tortifolia var. parviflora Fritillaria verticillata var. albidiflora Fritillaria verticillata var. jimunaica Fritillaria leucantha
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