Fritillaria brandegeei

Species of flowering plant

Fritillaria brandegeei

Conservation status

Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Liliales
Family:  | Liliaceae
Subfamily:  | Lilioideae
Tribe:  | Lilieae
Genus:  | Fritillaria
Species:  |

F. brandegeei

Binomial name
Fritillaria brandegeei

Eastw.

Synonyms[2]

Fritillaria hutchinsonii Davidson

Fritillaria brandegeei, the Greenhorn fritillary, is a plant species endemic to California, USA.

## Description[edit]

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.[3][4]

## Distribution[edit]

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).[3][5][6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
2. ^ The Plant List
3. ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 168, Fritillaria brandegeei
4. ^ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
5. ^ Eastwood, Alice. 1903. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 30(9): 484. Fritillaria brandegeei
6. ^ Anstruther Davidson. 1928. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 27: 79, Fritillaria hutchinsonii

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q15539815
* Wikispecies: Fritillaria brandegeei
* Calflora: 3631
* CoL: 6JPV5
* CNPS: 821
* EoL: 1088483
* FNA: 242101617
* GBIF: 5300373
* iNaturalist: 77172
* IPNI: 106050-2
* IRMNG: 10197590
* ITIS: 42934
* NatureServe: 2.144329
* NCBI: 2773597
* Open Tree of Life: 3966651
* Plant List: kew-306536
* PLANTS: FRBR
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106050-2
* Tropicos: 18401176
* WFO: wfo-0000767706

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