Fritillaria affinis

Speckles Chess (Fritillaria affinis )

The speckles Chess (Fritillaria affinis ) is a species of the genus Fritillaria in the lily family ( Liliaceae ).

Description

Speckles Chess flowers are perennial herbaceous plants that are between 10 and 120 centimeters high. The large onions this Geophyten consist of two to five large, densely packed, fleshy, starchy onion flakes. In the mottled specimens small scales are 2-20 to at the ungesprenkelten it may be 50 or more.

The leaves are in 1-4 whorls of 2 to 8 individual sheets. They are arranged opposite one another and linear - lanceolate to ovate. Each sheet is between 4 and 16 inches long but is shorter than the inflorescence usually.

The hermaphrodite flowers are nodding and smell pleasant. They bloom from March to June. The six non- adult, elongated to ovate bracts are brownish - purple to pale yellow-green and speckled with either clear yellow or purple or entirely ungesprenkelt. They are 1-4 inches long and not bent over at the top. Nectaries located at the base and are yellow with purple spots. They are about 1/2 to 2/3 as long as the Tepale and lanceolate. The basis of the six stamens is usually just above the insertion of the anthers. The ovary is upper constant, the pen is clearly split to a third of its length.

The three compartments capsule fruits are clearly six- winged in the longitudinal direction and along opening. The flat, yellow - brown seeds per chamber are arranged in two rows.

The chromosome number is 2n = 24, 36, 48 It is known that F. affinis natural hybrids with the Scarlet Fritillarie ( Fritillaria recurva ) forms.

Dissemination

Speckles Chess flowers thrive in oak or pine forests, or in the grasslands at altitudes 0-1800 meters above sea level.

The distribution area extends in western North America over British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.