• Scientific Name: Fritillaria taipaiensis P.Y.Li
• Ref: Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11:251. 1966
• English Common Name: Taibai fritillary
• Chinese Common Name: 太白贝母 Tàibái bèimǔ
• Family: Liliaceae
• Genus: Fritillaria
• Distribution: Hill thickets, grassy slopes; 2000–3200 m. Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan.
• Photo: 07/14/2009, Mt. Taibai, Qinling

Bulb of 2 scales, ovoid, 1--1.5 cm in diam. Stem 20--50(--100) cm. Leaves 5--10(--20), usually opposite, sometimes middle and distal ones also whorled and alternate; leaf blade linear to linear-lanceolate, 5--13 cm × 3--7(--12) mm, apex sometimes curved. Inflorescence 1(or 2)-flowered; bracts 3, apex often curved. Flower nodding, campanulate; pedicel 2--4 cm. Tepals yellowish green, densely spotted purple, narrowly oblong or obovate-oblong, 2.5--5 × 0.6--1.8 cm; nectaries slightly projecting abaxially. Stamens ca. 3/5 as long as tepals; filaments slightly papillose distally. Style 3-lobed; lobes 2--4 mm. Capsule winged; wings 0.5--2 mm wide. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jun--Jul. 2 n = 24*. (Flora of China)