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Fritillaria crassicaulis

Fritillaria crassicaulis is a bulb-forming perennial lily from the mountains of western Nepal and southwest China, growing up to about 80 cm tall with nodding yellow or greenish-yellow flowers. It is a hardy wild species grown mainly by specialist bulb collectors rather than as a common garden plant.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Part shade
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and keep the bulb drier while dormant, avoiding waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich soil or gritty mix.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C; tolerates cool summers.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Nepal, China (SW. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan)
Climate
temperate

About

Fritillaria crassicaulis is an Asian species of herbaceous plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces in China.

Fritillaria crassicaulis is a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial up to 80 cm tall. Flowers are nodding (hanging downward), yellow or greenish yellow, often with brown or purple spots.

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 crassicaulis 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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