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Fritillaria rhodocanakis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Liliaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Liliales

Genus
  
Fritillaria

Similar
  
Fritillaria purdyi, Fritillaria eastwoodiae, Fritillaria striata, Fritillaria liliacea, Fritillaria pinetorum

Fritillaria rhodocanakis is a Greek species of plants in the lily family. In its pure form, it is found only on Hydra Island (also called Ydra or Hydrea or Ύδρα) and on small neighboring islands. Additional populations occur in the Peloponnisos region of mainland Greece, though the specimens there show some degree of hybridization with F. spetsiotica and F. graeca. In 1987, some of the hybrids were described with the name Fritillaria rhodocanakis subsp. argolica, but this is now generally referred to as Fritillaria × spetsiotica Kamari.

Fritillaria rhodocanakis is a bulb-forming perennial herb. Flowers are nodding (hanging downwards), each tepal purple with a yellow tip.

The species is listed as endangered by the IUCN.

References

Fritillaria rhodocanakis Wikipedia