Fritillaria purdyi
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 75, plate 6. 1902.
Common names: Purdy’s fritillary
Endemic
Bulb scales: large 2–8; small 0–3. Stem 1–4 dm. Leaves 2–10, alternate, ± crowded near ground, 2.5–10 cm; blade ovate, occasionally a few sickle-shaped. Flowers horizontal or nodding; tepals white, with purple spots or lines and pink shading, 1.5–3 cm, apex often slightly recurved; nectaries obscure, colored like tepals, broadly linear, ± equaling tepal length; style obviously branched for 1/2 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm. Capsules acutely angled. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Dry ridges, generally on serpentine
Elevation: 400–2100 m
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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basifixed +
adnate +
recurved +
sheathing +
herbaceous +
dilated +
few +
narrow +
leaflike +
absent +
1;several +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
elliptical +
single +
angled +
Purdy’s fritillary +
solid +
fleshy +
slender +
3-merous +
1;many +
loculicidal +
bracteate +
racemose +
sessile +
persistent +
purple spots +
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obscure +
sessile +
(2-)3(-4)-locular +
superior +
many;several +
hypogynous +
showy +
cupulate;campanulate +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
1902 +
0;many +
fleshy +
wind-distributed +
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Endemic +
included +
fertile +
simple +
erect +
absent +
capitate +
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Fritillaria purdyi +
Fritillaria +
species +
pink shading;white +
distinct +
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