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Fritillaria fusca

Fritillaria fusca is a small bulbous geophyte from southern Tibet, growing up to about 22 cm with a single bell-shaped yellowish flower marked with purplish-brown. It is a cool-climate alpine-type bulb that needs a dry summer rest.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water moderately in spring while growing, then keep nearly dry during summer dormancy.
Soil
Fast-draining gritty mix, such as loam with grit or sand.
Temperature
5–20 °C; tolerates hard winter cold but needs cool summers.
How easy
Hard
Native range
S. Tibet
Climate
temperate

About

Fritillaria fusca is an Asian species of herbaceous plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to Tibet in China.

Fritillaria fusca is up to 22 cm tall. There is usually only one flower, bell-shaped, yellowish with purplish-brown markings.

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 fusca 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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