Fritillaria thunbergii

Fritillaria thunbergii is a flowering plant species in the lily family Liliaceae. It is native to Kazakhstan and in Xinjiang Province of western China, though cultivated in other places and naturalized in Japan and in other parts of China.^[1][2]

Fritillaria thunbergii
photographed in Madison, Wisconsin, in the garden of James Steakley
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Subfamily:	Lilioideae
Tribe:	Lilieae
Genus:	Fritillaria
Species:	F. thunbergii
Binomial name
Fritillaria thunbergii Miq. 1867
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Uvularia cirrhosa Thunb. 1784, not Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don 1825 Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii (Miq.) Baker Fritillaria collicola Hance Fritillaria thunbergii var. chekiangensis P.K.Hsiao & K.C.Hsia Fritillaria austroanhuiensis Y.K.Yang & J.K.Wu Fritillaria chekiangensis (P.K.Hsiao & K.C.Hsia) Y.K.Yang Fritillaria xiaobeimu Y.K.Yang, J.Z.Shao & M.M.Fang

Fritillaria thunbergii produces bulbs up to 30 mm in diameter. The stem is up to 80 cm tall. The flowers are pale yellow, sometimes with a purple tinge or purple markings.^[2][3]

The specific epithet thunbergii honors the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg, who collected many plants in Japan in the 18th century.^[4]

formerly included^[1]

• Fritillaria thunbergii var. puqiensis (G.D.Yu & G.Y.Chen) P.K.Hsiao & S.C.Yu, now called Fritillaria monantha Migo