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Fritillaria liliacea

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Liliaceae

Scientific name
  
Fritillaria liliacea

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Liliales

Genus
  
Fritillaria

Higher classification
  
Fritillaries

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Similar
  
Fritillaries, Liliaceae, Fritillaria purdyi, Fritillaria eastwoodiae, Fritillaria pluriflora

Fritillaria liliacea, commonly known as fragrant fritillary, is a threatened perennial herb in the lily family . It is native to the region surrounding San Francisco Bay in California.

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Description

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The bell-shaped white flowers have greenish stripes and are set on a nodding pedicel of about 37 centimeters in height. The blossoms are odorless to faintly fragrant. Fritillia liliacea prefers heavy soils including clays; for example, andesitic and basaltic soils derived from the Sonoma Volcanic soil layers are suitable substrate for this species.

Distribution

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The range of this wildflower is over parts of southwestern Northern California, United States, especially Solano and Sonoma Counties and at coastal locations south to Monterey County; occurrence is typically in open hilly grasslands at altitudes less than 200 meters in elevation.

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This California endemic has been a candidate for listing as a U.S. Federally endangered species, and some of the remaining fragmented colonies are at risk of local extinction, such that the species is considered locally endangered. Example occurrences are: Edgewood Park in San Mateo County and the Sonoma Mountains foothills in Sonoma County. Examples of highly fragmented or extirpated colonies are in San Francisco due to urban development.

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References

Fritillaria liliacea Wikipedia