''Fritillaria taipaiensis'' is a flowering plant species in the lily family Liliaceae. It is found only in

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herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of t ...

perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...

produces

bulb In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs duri ...

s up to 20 mm in diameter. The stem is up to 100 cm tall. The flowers are nodding and pendent, yellow-green with deep purple markings.Li, Pei Yuan 1966. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 11(3): 251 ;formerly included *''Fritillaria taipaiensis'' var. ''ningxiaensis'' Y.K.Yang & J.K.Wu - now called '' Fritillaria yuzhongensis'' G.D.Yu & Y.S.Zhou *''Fritillaria taipaiensis'' var. ''yuxiensis'' Y.K.Yang, Z.Y.Gao & C.S.Zhou - now called '' Fritillaria yuzhongensis'' G.D.Yu & Y.S.Zhou *''Fritillaria taipaiensis'' var. ''zhouquensis'' S.C.Chen & G.D.Yu - now called '' Fritillaria sichuanica'' S.C.Chen

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Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 111, 4-5
drawings of 3 species including ''Fritillaria taipaiensis''
Nature Library, 太白贝母（Fritillaria taipaiensis）
color photo
Plant Photo, 太白贝母 ''Fritillaria taipaiensis'' P. Y. Li 中国植物志
two color photos, captions in Chinese taipanensis Endemic flora of China Plants described in 1966 {{Liliales-stub