Family: Liliaceae
Scientific Name: Fritillaria pallidiflora
Common Name: Pale-flowered Fritillary, Fritillaria pallidiflora
Description | This Fritillaria has pale yellow pendent flowers. |
Pronunciation | (frit-il-AR-ee-uh)(pal-id-uh-FLOR-uh) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average, moist |
Soil & Site | average, moist, peaty |
Temperature | tolerates down to -10 degrees F |
Flowers | pendenat, square topped, deep butter yellow to light lemon |
Leaves | thick, fleshy, green leaves, larger at the base, forms a bulb |
Propagation | division |
Native Site | From central Asia, found growing in meadows of moist peaty soils which never dry out. |
Cultivar Origin | Discovered by botanist Edward Von-Regel and sold in his nursery catalog from 1885-1919. |
Notes & Reference | #114-The Gardner’s Guide to Fritillaries (Kevin Pratt, Michael Brown) |
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