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Sichuan Fritillary

Fritillaria przewalskii

Fritillaria przewalskii is a bulbous spring flower from the mountains of western China, with nodding yellow flowers spotted deep purple on stems up to about 50 cm tall. It is a hardy alpine-type plant best grown in cool, well-drained conditions.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water moderately during active growth in spring and let the soil dry out somewhat after flowering while the bulb is dormant.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty loam or bulb mix that does not stay waterlogged.
Temperature
Hardy to around -20 °C; prefers cool summers and cold winters.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Qinghai to China (Sichuan, S. Gansu)
Climate
temperate

About

Fritillaria przewalskii is a Chinese flowering plant species in the lily family Liliaceae. It is found only in China, in the Provinces of Gansu, Qinghai and Sichuan.

It produces bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. The stem is up to 50 cm tall, with pendent, nodding flowers which are yellow with deep 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 przewalskii 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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