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Key to FritillariaView taxon page for Fritillaria
(For a list of species in Fritillaria, use the above link.) Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots. 1. Style entire Having margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.). or with lobes 1. A major expansion or bulge, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal, or on the surface of an ovary. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals; larger than teeth. < 1.5 mm 2. Leaves in 1–3 whorls of 4–8 below, those subtending flowers alternate 1. Arranged singly, often spirally, along an axis - e.g., one leaf per node. 2. Occurring in different ranks, appearing to be between, not directly above or below, as 'stamens alternate petals'. ..... F. brandegeei 2' Leaves alternate to subopposite 3' Perianth 2–3.5 cm, white to pink or purple; not ne CA 4. Flowers nodding, fragrant, bell-shaped, perianth parts white to pink, oblanceolate, tips acute Having a short-tapered, sharp tip, the sides convex or straight and converging at less than a right angle. to short-tapered, spreading Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal. to recurved Gradually curved downward or backward. ; s SNF ..... F. striata 4' Flowers spreading to ± erect Upright; vertically oriented. , nodding in age, not notably fragrant, not bell-shaped, perianth parts pink-purple, obovate, tips rounded to acute, not recurved; NCoRI, n SNF, edges of ScV ..... F. pluriflora 1' Style with branches > 1.5 mm 5. Perianth scarlet to ± purple, generally mottled yellow and/or purple; tips strongly recurved or spreading 6' Perianth tubular, tips generally strongly recurved, nectary 1/5–1/4 perianth ..... F. recurva 5' Perianth not both scarlet to ± purple and mottled, tips generally not recurved (generally recurved or flared in Fritillaria eastwoodiae) 7. Leaves > 10 or in whorls of 2–8 on lower stem, not sickle-shaped 8. Flowers spreading to ± erect; upper leaves ± 1/3–1/2 lowest leaf Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets). ; leaves often >= inflorescence ..... F. pinetorum (2) 8' Flowers generally nodding (± spreading); upper leaves generally ± = lowest leaf; leaves generally < inflorescence 9. Perianth purple-brown, mottled yellow or white; leaves 2–3 per node Position on a stem from which one or more structures (especially leaves, buds, branches, or flowers) arise. ; 1000–3200 m, especially inland mtns ..... F. atropurpurea (2) 9' Perianth dark purple, green-white, green-yellow, or red to ± black; leaves generally >= 3 per node; < 1800 m, especially coastal mtns (notable exceptions including Fritillaria micrantha, Fritillaria eastwoodiae) 10. Perianth dull green-yellow, dark-spotted; nectary ± diamond-shaped to ovate Egg-shaped (i.e., widest below the middle) in two dimensions (i.e., in one plane), as a leaf. ..... F. ojaiensis 10' Perianth green-white, pale green or ± green or yellow to red or dark purple to ± black, mottled (especially Fritillaria affinis); nectary lanceolate Narrowly elongate, widest in the basal half, often tapered to an acute tip. or narrower 11. Perianth pale green to ± black (dark purple), not mottled; nectary ± 1/2 perianth; small bulb scales 0–4; SCoRO(?), SCoRI (Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo cos.) ..... F. viridea 11' Perianth green-white or -yellow to red or ± purple, mottled or not; nectary < 1/2 perianth (1/2–2/3 in Fritillaria affinis); small bulb scales generally >= 10 (< 10 in Fritillaria affinis); NW, CaR, SN, CW 12. Perianth generally > 2 cm, generally clearly yellow- or purple-mottled, margins wavy – NW, CaRF, n SNF, CW (except SCoRI) ..... F. affinis 12' Perianth generally < 2 cm, not (or faintly) mottled, margins not wavy 13. Style branches not or ± recurved; perianth ± green to yellow to red, tips generally recurved or flared; nectary green, gold, or yellow; KR, CaR (Shasta, Tehama, Butte cos.) ..... F. eastwoodiae 13' Style branches recurved; perianth ± purple to green-white, tips not recurved or flared; nectary green-white, dotted purple; SN ..... F. micrantha 7' Leaves <= 10 or alternate (crowded), occasionally sickle-shaped 14. Perianth clearly mottled (white with purple spots or lines and pink shading in Fritillaria purdyi); small bulb scales generally > 10 (0–3 in Fritillaria purdyi) 15' Leaves generally not sickle-shaped; flowers nodding or spreading (spreading to ± erect in Fritillaria pinetorum); not SnFrB, SCoRI (San Benito Co.) 16. Leaves 2–10, ovate, sickle-shaped or not; perianth white, spotted or lined purple; small bulb scales 0–3 ..... F. purdyi 16' Leaves generally > 4, not sickle-shaped, perianth purple-brown, mottled yellow or white; small bulb scales 45–50 17. Flowers nodding; upper leaves ± <= lowest cauline leaf; cauline leaves generally < inflorescence; KR, CaR, SN, GB, DMtns ..... F. atropurpurea (2) 17' Flowers spreading to ± erect; upper leaves ± 1/3–1/2 lowest cauline leaf; cauline leaves often >= inflorescence; c SNH (Mono, Inyo cos.), Teh, TR ..... F. pinetorum (2) 14' Perianth not clearly mottled; small bulb scales < 10 18' Leaves generally > 4, not sickle-shaped 19' Nectary a prominent narrow band 2/3 to = perianth; perianth brown, purple-brown, or green-purple at least adaxially 20. Perianth green-white or yellow abaxially, purple-brown adaxially; flower ill-scented ..... F. agrestis 20' Perianth dark brown, green-purple or yellow-green; flower ill-scented or not ..... F. biflora 21. Leaves narrowly ovate to oblong Longer than wide, with nearly parallel sides; wider than linear. ; flower not ill-scented ..... var. biflora 21' Leaves linear Elongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong. to narrowly lanceolate; flower ill-scented ..... var. ineziana
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