Fritillaria brandegeei

Eastwood

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 484. 1903.

Common names: Greenhorn fritillary
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 168. Mentioned on page 164.

Bulb scales: large 8–12; small 60–200 or more. Stem 4–10 dm. Leaves in 1–2 whorls of 4–8 leaves per node proximally, alternate distally, 4–11 cm; blade lanceolate. Flowers nodding; tepals pinkish to purplish, oblong-lanceolate, 1.2–2 cm; nectaries green with reddish margins, lanceolate, 1/3 tepal length; style unbranched. Capsules winged. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering Apr.
Habitat: Granitic soils, open forests
Elevation: 1500–2100 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

This species is rare and under pressure from cattle grazing.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broad" is not a number."thicker" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
Bryan Ness +
Eastwood +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
lanceolate +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
obovate +  and ovate +
tunicate +  and scaly +
small +  and large +
Greenhorn fritillary +
1500–2100 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
thin-walled +, winged +  and capsular +
loculicidal +
rounded +  and 6-angled +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Granitic soils, open forests +
persistent +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
many;several +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
cupulate;campanulate +
Flowering Apr. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
small +  and large +
wind-distributed +
yellowish +  and brownish +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
3 +  and 1 +
Fritillaria brandegeei +
Fritillaria +
species +
pinkish;purplish +
distinct +
oblong-lanceolate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
1 +  and 2 +