Fritillaria agrestis
Erythea 3: 67. 1895.
Common names: Stinkbells
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Fritillaria biflora var. agrestis Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Mentioned on page 167.
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Bulb scales: large 2–9; small 0–2. Stem 3–6 dm. Leaves 5–12, alternate, crowded near proximal center of stem, 5–15 cm; blade linear to lanceolate-oblong. Flowers nodding, odor definitely unpleasant; tepals greenish to purplish brown adaxially, white or yellow abaxially, ovate, 1.8–3.5 cm, apex not recurved; nectaries prominent, green, narrowly linear, forming narrow band 2/3 to equaling tepal length; style obviously branched for 1/2 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm. Capsules angled. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat: Depressions with clay or other heavy soils
Elevation: 0–500 m
Discussion
This species is uncommon.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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basifixed +
adnate +
not recurved +
narrow +
sheathing +
herbaceous +
dilated +
narrow +
leaflike +
absent +
1;several +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
elliptical +
single +
angled +
Stinkbells +
solid +
Calif. +
fleshy +
slender +
3-merous +
unpleasant +
nodding +
1;many +
loculicidal +
Present +
bracteate +
racemose +
sessile +
persistent +
green +
2/3 +
prominent +
sessile +
(2-)3(-4)-locular +
superior +
many;several +
hypogynous +
showy +
cupulate;campanulate +
Erythea +
1895 +
0;many +
fleshy +
wind-distributed +
many +
included +
fertile +
simple +
erect +
absent +
capitate +
distinct +
Fritillaria agrestis +
Fritillaria +
species +
greenish;purplish brown adaxially +
distinct +
absent +
ovate +
greener +
equal +
narrower +
bulbose +
perennial +
woody +