Fritillaria pluriflora

Tonlilie ( Fritillaria pluriflora )

The Tonlilie ( Fritillaria pluriflora ) or Multiflorous Fritillarie is a species of the genus Fritillaria.

Features

The Tonlilie is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, the plant height 15-25 ( rarely to 45 ) reaches centimeters. The three to ten leaves are 6 to 15 inches long, alternate, elliptic to verkehrteilänglich and heaped on the base. There are one to four (rarely to 12) flowers available. These are nodding and have no checkerboard pattern. The tepals are pale pink -purple colored, 20 to 35 millimeters long and obovate. Its tip is rounded or pointed and not bent back. The pens are undivided. The scar is just a short three-lobed. The fruit capsules are angled blunt.

The chromosome number is 2n = 24

The flowering period is in April, rarely lasts through May.

Occurrence

The Tonlilie is endemic in Northern California before on clay soils at altitudes from 0 to 500 meters.

Use

The Tonlilie is rarely used as an ornamental plant in rock gardens and alpine houses.

Documents

• Eckhart J. Hunter, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd Müller, K. (ed.): Rothmaler Exkursionsflora of Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8.
• Bryan Ness: Fritillaria pluriflora, in: Flora of North America, Vol 26 (online)