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Fritillaria gibbosa

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

Fritillaria gibbosa is a small bulbous perennial in the lily family, up to about 30 cm tall, with flat, wide-open pink flowers spotted darker. It grows from a bulb, so the key to success is well-drained soil and a dry summer rest.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately in spring while growing, then keep nearly dry after flowering while the bulb is dormant.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty soil or bulb mix; avoid waterlogging.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect bulbs from prolonged waterlogging rather than cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Transcaucasus to Pakistan
Climate
temperate

About

Fritillaria gibbosa is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the lily family Liliaceae. It is native to Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Transcaucasia.

Fritillaria gibbosa is up to 30 cm (12 in) tall. The flowers are rotate (wide open and nearly flat) rather than bell-shaped as in most of the species in the genus, and pink with darker 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 gibbosa 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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