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Fritillaria conica

Fritillaria conica
Photo: Conan Wolff, CC BY-SA 4.0

Fritillaria conica is a small bulbous geophyte from the Peloponnese in southwest Greece, growing on rocky limestone slopes and flowering in March to April. It needs full sun or light shade, excellent drainage, and a dry summer rest.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately in the growing season in spring, then keep nearly dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty, alkaline or limestone-based mix.
Temperature
Hardy to about -15 °C when dormant; protect from waterlogging in cold, wet conditions.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Greece
Climate
subtropical

About

Fritillaria conica is a species of flowering plant of the Liliaceae family native to South West Greece. More specifically, it is endemic to the Peloponnese.

Where it grows

This species is found on rocky, limestone slopes at elevations of 350 m (1,150 ft) above sea level along with Quercus coccifera, Pistacia lentiscus and Phlomis fruticosa. Flowering occurs in March to April.

Other Fritillaria plants

Fritillaria acmopetala · Checker lily · Stinkbells · Fritillaria alburyana · Fritillaria anhuiensis · Fritillaria assyriaca · Spotted fritillary · Chocolate lily · Chocolate lily · Greenhorn fritillary · Kamchatka fritillary · Fritillaria chitralensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fritillaria conica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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