''Fritillaria davidii'' is an

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

n species of herbaceous plant in the lily family, native to

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

Province in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

.Franchet, Adrien René 1887. Nouvelles archives du muséum d'histoire naturelle, séries 2, vol 10: page 92-93
description in Latin, commentary in FrenchKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 133 米贝母 mi bei mu ''Fritillaria davidii'' Franchet
/ref> ''Fritillaria davidii'' is a bulb-forming perennial up to 30 cm tall. Flowers are nodding (hanging downward), bell-shaped, yellow with purple parkings. The species is named for

Père David Father Armand David (7 September 1826, Espelette – 10 November 1900, Paris) was a Lazarist missionary Catholic priest as well as a zoologist and a botanist. Several species, such as Père David's deer, are named after him — bein ...

(1826–1900), French missionary and amateur naturalist.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15247156 davidii Flora of Sichuan Plants described in 1887