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Fritillaria dagana

Fritillaria dagana
Photo: Николай Степанов., Public domain

Fritillaria dagana is a rare bulbous perennial from alpine and subalpine slopes in southern Siberia, grown by enthusiasts who want a cold-hardy fritillary. It needs cold winters and good drainage to thrive.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and keep the bulb dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Well-drained gritty soil or bulb mix.
Temperature
Hardy to around -30 °C; needs a cold winter dormancy.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Siberia to N. Mongolia
Climate
temperate

About

Fritillaria dagana is a rare bulbous herbaceous perennial plant

native to Siberia, Russia.

Where it grows

Fritillaria dagana is endemic to southern Siberia, specifically the Irkutsk, and Chita regions and the Republics of Buryatia, Tuva, and Yakutia. It is alpine and subalpine in habitat, on the edges of forests edges and grassy slopes.

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 dagana 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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