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Fritillaria striata
Also called Greenhorn adobe-lily, Striped Adobe Lily
Striped adobe lily is a rare bulbous plant from the southern Sierra Nevada foothills of California, grown for its fragrant, pink striped bells. It needs well-drained clay or adobe-type soil, a dry summer rest, and protection from waterlogging.
Fritillaria striata, the striped adobe lily, is an uncommon species of fritillary.
The plant is endemic to California, USA, where it is known only from the southern Sierra Nevada foothills in Kern County and Tulare County, and east of the Tejon Hills in the Tehachapi Mountains foothills, on the Tejon Ranch in Kern County. It grows in adobe clay soils.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fritillaria striata 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.
