Fritillaria gibbosa

Fritillaria gibbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Fritillaria
Species: F. gibbosa
Binomial name
Fritillaria gibbosa
Boiss.
Synonyms[1]

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

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1846. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, series 1, 7: 107
  3. Flora of Pakistan, Fritillaria gibbosa Boiss.

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