Fritillaria graeca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Fritillaria
Species:
F. graeca
Binomial name
Fritillaria graeca
Boiss. & Spruner
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Fritillaria graeca var. guicciardii (Heldr. & Sart.) Boiss.
  • Fritillaria graeca var. unicolor Halácsy
  • Fritillaria guicciardii Heldr. & Sart.
  • Fritillaria zahnii Heldr.

Fritillaria graeca is a European plant species in the lily family Liliaceae.[3] It is native to the Balkans (Albania, Bulgaria,[4] North Macedonia, and Greece).[5] Some older literature says that the plant can also be found in Serbia, but all these collections are of var. gussichiae, now regarded as a distinct species called Fritillaria gussichiae.[6]

Fritillaria graeca has flowers with red and white stripes which resemble small bells - one on each stem. It blooms between April and May. It reaches a height of around 25 cm.[7][8]

Subspecies[1][2]
  • Fritillaria graeca subsp. graeca - eastern + southern Greece including Crete
  • Fritillaria graeca subsp. thessala (Boiss.) Rix[9] - Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, northern Greece
formerly included[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Plant List
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Fritillaria graecasubsp. thessala
  3. ↑ "Fritillaria graeca Boiss. & Spruner". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Tisata Reserve". Official Site of Pirin National Park. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Fritillaria graeca
  6. ↑ Tomovic, G., S. Vukojicic, M. Niketic, B. Zlatkovic, V. Strevanovic. 2007. Fritillaria (Liliaceae) in Serbia: distribution, habitats, and some taxonomic notes. Phytologica Balcanica 13 (3):359-370
  7. ↑ Boissier, Pierre Edmond & Wilhelm von Spruner. 1846. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 1, 7: 104.
  8. ↑ Micevski, Kiril. 1987. Acta Botanica Croatica 37: 212, as Fritillaria ionica var. ochridana from Croatia
  9. ↑ Rix, Edward Martin. 1978. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 356.


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