''Fritillaria verticillata'' is a flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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Korea,
Mongolia,
Xinjiang,
Kazakhstan and the
Altay region of
Siberia.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families ''Fritillaria verticillata'']
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It can grow to tall, usually with one flower at the top, but sometimes with as many as five. The leaves are mostly in whorls
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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, with 4-7 leaves per node, each up to 10 cm long but rarely more than 10 mm across. The flowers are pendent, nodding, bell-shaped, white or pale yellow, sometimes with purple spots.[Y.K.Yang , S.X.Zhang & G.J.Liu. 1987. Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research. Wuhan, Hubei 5(2): 128, as ''Fritillaria borealixingjiangensis'']
It formerly included the variety ''Fritillaria verticillata'' var. ''thunbergii'' - now called ''Fritillaria thunbergii
''Fritillaria thunbergii'' is a flowering plant species in the lily family Liliaceae. It is native to Kazakhstan and in Xinjiang Province of western China, though cultivated in other places and naturalized in Japan and in other parts of China.
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References
External links
Pacific Bulb Society, Asian Fritillaria Four
photos of several species including ''Fritillaria verticillata''
Practical Plants, Fritillaria verticillata
culinary and medicinal uses
Natural Medicinal Herbs, ''Fritillaria verticillata''
verticillata
Plants described in 1799
Flora of Asia
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