• Scientific Name: Fritillaria monantha Migo
• Ref: J. Shanghai Sci. Inst. 4:139. 1939
• Synonyms:
  • Fritillaria guizhouensis Y.K.Yang, S.Z.He & J.K.Wu
  • F. huangshanensis Y.K.Yang & C.J.Wu
  • F. huangshanensis f. tonglingensis (S.C.Chen & S.F.Yin) Y.K.Yang & Y.H.Zhang
  • F. hupehensis P.K.Hsiao & K.C.Hsia
  • F. lichuanensis P.Li & C.P.Yang
  • F. monantha var. ningguoica Y.K.Yang & M.M.Fang
  • F. monantha var. tonglingensis S.C.Chen & S.F.Yin
  • F. ningguoensis S.C.Chen & S.F.Yin
  • F. puqiensis G.D.Yu & G.Y.Chen
  • F. qimenensis D.C.Zhang & J.Z.Shao
  • F. thunbergii var. puqiensis (G.D.Yu & G.Y.Chen) P.K.Hsiao & S.C.Yu
  • F. wanjiangensis Y.K.Yang, J.Z.Shao & Y.H.Zhang
• Chinese Common Name: 天目贝母 Tiānmù bèimǔ
• Family: Liliaceae
• Genus: Fritillaria
• Distribution: Forests, moist places on limestone hills, flood lands; 100–1600 m. Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang.
• Photo: Mt. Tianmu, Zhejiang

Bulb of 2 or 3 scales, 1.2--2 cm in diam. Stem 20--60(--100) cm. Leaves opposite, whorled, and alternate; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 5--12 × 1.5--3 cm, apex slightly cirrose. Inflorescence 1(--4)-flowered; bracts (1--)3, apex often slightly or strongly cirrose. Flower nodding, tubular-campanulate; pedicel 1--3.5 cm or more. Tepals greenish yellow to pale purple, tessellated or spotted with yellowish brown or dark purple, sometimes very heavily so, oblong-obovate to oblong, 3.5--5 × 1--2 cm, apex obtuse; nectaries projecting abaxially. Stamens ca. 2 mm; filaments glabrous or slightly papillose. Style 3-lobed; lobes 3--8 mm. Capsule broadly winged; wings 6--8 mm wide. Fl. Apr--Jun, fr. Jun--Jul. 2 n = 24*. (Flora of China)