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Fritillaria acmopetala is a bulbous perennial from rocky limestone slopes in the Middle East, grown for its nodding, bell-shaped flowers in early spring. It needs well-drained, fertile soil and planting about 10 cm deep.
Fritillaria acmopetala, the pointed-petal fritillary, is a species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to rocky limestone mountain slopes in the Middle East. It was described by the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1846.
The plant was introduced into cultivation in 1874. It needs well-draining, fertile soil, like most fritillaries. The bulbs should be planted 10 cm (3.9 in) deep. In Britain, it flowers in early April and is fully hardy. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
It is susceptible to predation by the red lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii) and can suffer from lily disease caused by the plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis elliptica.
It is found in northern Cyprus, southern Turkey (Lycia to Cilicia) and the Nur Dağları of the Hatay Province, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine. It inhabits the maquis, open woodland and cornfields. The subspecies Fritillaria acmopetala ssp. Wendelboi grows in cedar woodland at higher altitudes. In Cyprus, it grows in cornfields and under olive trees in the Girne-district, in the villages of Karaman and Edremit.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
