- Fritillaria falcata
Taxobox
name = "Fritillaria falcata"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo =Liliales
familia =Liliaceae
genus = "Fritillaria"
species = "F. falcata"
binomial = "Fritillaria falcata"
binomial_authority = (Jeps.) D.E.Beetle"Fritillaria falcata" is a species of
fritillary known by the common name talus fritillary. This rare wildflower is endemic to the serpentine talus of the mountains in and around theSan Francisco Bay Area inCalifornia . It 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 sixtepal s one to two centimeters long which are greenish outside and yellow mottled with purple-brown inside. This is sometimes considered a subspecies of "Fritillaria atropurpurea ".External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8560,8571 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FRFA2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101620 Flora of North America]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Fritillaria+falcata Photo gallery]
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