Clay lily
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Clay lily ( Fritillaria pluriflora ) |
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The clay lily ( Fritillaria pluriflora ) or multi-flowered fritillaria is a species of the genus Fritillaria .
features
The clay lily is a perennial herbaceous bulb plant that reaches heights of 15 to 25 (rarely up to 45) centimeters. The three to ten leaves are 6 to 15 centimeters long, alternate, elliptical to traffic-divisible and heaped at the bottom. There are one to four (rarely up to 12) flowers . These are nodding and do not have a checkerboard pattern. The tepals are pale pink in color, 20 to 35 millimeters long and obovate. Its tip is rounded or pointed and not bent back. The stylus are undivided. The scar is only briefly three-lobed. The capsule fruits are bluntly angled.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.
The flowering time is in April, rarely it lasts until May.
Occurrence
The clay lily is endemic to Northern California on clay soils at altitudes of 0 to 500 meters.
use
The clay lily is rarely used as an ornamental plant in rock gardens and alpine houses.
supporting documents
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
- Bryan Ness: Fritillaria pluriflora, in: Flora of North America, Vol. 26 ( online )
