Fritillaria yuzhongensis

榆中贝母 yu zhong bei mu
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Genus:	Fritillaria
Species:	F. yuzhongensis
Binomial name
*Fritillaria yuzhongensis* G.D.Yu & Y.S.Zhou
Synonyms^[1]
Synonymy Fritillaria cirrhosa var. brevistigma Y.K.Yang & J.K.Wu Fritillaria glabra var. shanxiensis S.C.Chen Fritillaria lanzhouensis Y.K.Yang, P.P.Ling & G.Yao Fritillaria lishiensis Y.K.Yang & J.K.Wu Fritillaria lishiensis var. yichengensis Y.K.Yang & P.P.Ling Fritillaria taipaiensis var. ningxiaensis Y.K.Yang & J.K.Wu Fritillaria taipaiensis var. yuxiensis Y.K.Yang, Z.Y.Gao & C.S.Zhou

Fritillaria yuzhongensis is a plant species native to China (Gansu, Henan, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi). It grows in open grassy hillsides at elevations of 1800–3500 m.^[2]

Fritillaria yuzhongensis is a bulb-producing perennial up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are opposite, narrowly lanceolate, up to 10 cm long. Flowers are nodding, bell-shaped, yellowish-green with purple markings.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 129, 榆中贝母 yu zhong bei mu Fritillaria yuzhongensis
↑ Yu, Guo Dian & Zhou, Yin Sou in Chen, Sing Chi et al. 1985. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 7(2): 146–148, pl. 1. Fritillaria yuzhongensis'

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