Fritillaria brandegeei
| Greenhorn fritillary | |
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| Species: | F. brandegeei
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Fritillaria hutchinsonii Davidson | |
Fritillaria brandegeei, the Greenhorn fritillary, is a plant species endemic to California.
Distribution
It is known from only the Greenhorn Mountains, a subrange of the southern Sierra Nevada, within Kern and Tulare counties. It grows in open areas of yellow pine forest habitats, at elevations of 1,500–2,100 metres (4,900–6,900 ft).[2][3][4]
Description
Fritillaria brandegeei is a bulb-forming perennial up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are in 1-2 whorls of 4-8 leaves per node. Flowers are nodding, pinkish purple.[2][5]
References
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 168, Fritillaria brandegeei
- ^ Eastwood, Alice. 1903. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 30(9): 484. Fritillaria brandegeei
- ^ Anstruther Davidson. 1928. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 27: 79, Fritillaria hutchinsonii
- ^ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.