Fritillaria purdyi

Fritillaria purdyi, known by the common name Purdy's fritillary, is a rare species of flowering plant in the lily family.

Fritillaria purdyi
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Fritillaria purdyi

It is endemic to northwestern California, from San Francisco Bay north, where it grows in the serpentine soils of the coastal and inland California Coast Ranges.[1][2][3]

Description

Fritillaria purdyi is a bulb-forming perennial herb with an erect stem 10 to 40 centimeters tall. Leaves are ovate, up to 10 centimeters long.

The smooth stem is topped with a raceme inflorescence of one or more cup- or bell-shaped flowers. Each flower has 6 white tepals heavily shaded with brownish-purple streaks or marks and pink tinting.[4][5][6]

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