Fritillaria gibbosa
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Species: | F. gibbosa
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Fritillaria gibbosa Boiss.
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Fritillaria gibbosa is an Asian species of herbaceous perennials in the lily family, native to Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and South Caucasus.[1][2]
Fritillaria gibbosa is up to 30 cm tall. Flowers are rotate (wide open and nearly flat) rather than bell-shaped as in most of the species in the genus, pink with darker spots.[3]
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1846. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, series 1, 7: 107
- ^ Flora of Pakistan, Fritillaria gibbosa Boiss.
External links
- Pacific Bulb Society, Asian Fritillaria Two photos of several species including Fritillaria gibbosa
- Alpine Garden Society, Plant Portraits