''Fritillaria davidii'' is an
Asia
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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
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.
[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]
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''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
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davidii
Flora of Sichuan
Plants described in 1887