浙贝母Fritillaria thunbergii

  • Scientific Name: Fritillaria thunbergii Miquel
  • Ref: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi. 3: 157. 1867.
  • Chinese Common Name: 浙贝母 zhèbèimǔ
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • Genus: Fritillaria
  • Distribution: Bamboo forests, shady and moist places; near sea level to 600 m. Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang.
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. (Flora of China)

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