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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