Fritillaria walujewii

Fritillaria walujewii is a species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang Province in western China.[1]

Fritillaria walujewii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Fritillaria
Species:
F. walujewii
Binomial name
Fritillaria walujewii
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Fritillaria xinyuanensis Y.K.Yang & J.K.Wu
  • Fritillaria tianshanica Y.K.Yang & L.R.Hsu
  • Fritillaria walujewii var. plena X.Z.Duan & X.J.Zheng
  • Fritillaria walujewii var. shawanensis X.Z.Duan & X.J.Zheng

It is a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial up to 50 cm tall. The flowers are hanging, bell-shaped, usually dark purple with white or darker purple markings but sometimes pale green.[2][3][4]

The species is named in honor of P.A. von Walujew, one-time Russian Imperial Minister of the Interior.[3]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 130 新疆贝母 xin jiang bei mu Fritillaria walujewii Regel, Gartenflora. 28: 353. 1879.
  3. Regel, Eduard August von 1879. Gartenflora 28: 353 description in Latin, commentary and etymological dedication in German
  4. Regel, Eduard August von 1879. Gartenflora 28: plate 933 full-page color illustration of Fritillaria walujewii
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