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Fritillaria drenovskii

Fritillaria drenovskii
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbirder, CC BY 2.0

Fritillaria drenovskii is a rare, bulbous spring-flowering plant from the mountains of southwest Bulgaria and northeast Greece. It is listed as vulnerable and is best grown in a well-drained, gritty bed that stays dry while dormant.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water moderately while in active growth in spring, then keep dry during summer dormancy.
Soil
Free-draining gritty or alpine-type mix, rich in grit and leaf mould.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C when dormant; prefers cool summers.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. Greece to SW. Bulgaria
Climate
temperate

About

Fritillaria drenovskii is a rare European species of plants in the lily family, native to Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria where it is found it the mountain ranges of Pirin and Slavyanka, as well as northeastern Greece.

The species is listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN Red List. It is included in the Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria.

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 drenovskii 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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