Fritillaria falcata

Species of flowering plant

Talus fritillary

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. falcata

Binomial name
Fritillaria falcata

(Jeps.) D.E.Beetle

Synonyms[2]

Fritillaria atropurpurea var. falcata Jeps.

Fritillaria falcata is a species of fritillary known by the common name talus fritillary. It is endemic to California, USA, known only from 5 counties south and east of San Francisco Bay (Monterey, San Benito, Stanislaus, Alameda and Santa Clara).[3] It grows in the Coast Ranges at elevations of 300–1200 m, mostly on serpentine talus. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Fritillaria atropurpurea.[4][5]

## Description[edit]

Fritillaria falcata grows a short stem about 10 to 20 centimeters tall surrounded by two to six flat, sickle-shaped leaves up to about 8 centimeters in length. The erect, star-shaped flower has six tepals one to two centimeters long which are greenish outside and yellow mottled with purple-brown inside.[4][5][6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
2. ^ The Plant List
3. ^ Biota of North America Program
4. ^ a b Flora of North America
5. ^ a b Jepson, Willis Linn. 1922. Flora of California 1(6): 309, as Fritillaria atropurpurea var. falcata
6. ^ Beetle, Dorothy Erna. 1944. Madroño 7(5): 148, Fritillaria falcata

## External links[edit]

* Jepson Manual Treatment - Fritillaria falcata
* USDA Plants Profile; Fritillaria falcata
* Fritillaria falcata \- Photo gallery

Taxon identifiers

Fritillaria falcata|

* Wikidata: Q5504779
* Wikispecies: Fritillaria falcata
* BOLD: 680503
* Calflora: 3633
* CoL: 6JPTX
* CNPS: 823
* EoL: 1088507
* FNA: 242101620
* GBIF: 5300421
* GRIN: 459126
* iNaturalist: 56791
* IPNI: 535131-1
* IRMNG: 10197638
* ITIS: 502673
* IUCN: 44392806
* NatureServe: 2.159312
* NCBI: 279664
* Open Tree of Life: 1098907
* Plant List: kew-306613
* PLANTS: FRFA2
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535131-1
* Tropicos: 18400208
* WFO: wfo-0000767790

Fritillaria atropurpurea var. falcata|

* Wikidata: Q39185943
* GBIF: 5300548
* GRIN: 459127
* IPNI: 106043-2
* ITIS: 535549
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106043-2
* Tropicos: 50106435
* WFO: wfo-0000767687

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