Fritillaria thunbergii Miq.

This species was originally described from Japan (as Uvularia cirrhosa), where it is not native but cultivated and occasionally naturalized.

Bulb of 2 or 3 scales, ovoid or globose, 1--3 cm in diam. Stem 15--80 cm. Leaves 12--20, opposite, alternate, or sometimes also 3-whorled; leaf blade linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 7--11 × 1--2.5 cm, apex usually slightly cirrose. Inflorescence 1--6-flowered; bracts 2--4, apex cirrose. Flowers nodding, campanulate; pedicel 1--3.5 cm. Tepals pale yellow, sometimes tinged with pale purple or slightly tessellated with purplish brown, oblong-elliptic to narrowly obovate-oblong, 2.5--3.5 × 1--1.8 cm; nectaries small. Stamens 1--1.5 cm; filaments glabrous. Style 3-lobed; lobes 1.5--2 mm. Capsule broadly winged; wings 6--8 mm wide. Fl. Mar--Apr, fr. May--Jun.

Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang.

* Bamboo forests, shady and moist places; near sea level to 600 m.

Fritillaria thunbergii is native to China and Japan where it is found in scrub and light woods. It has linear leaves that are whorled on the top where there are also tendril-like tips. Flowers are cream-colored, flecked or tessellated green. This species needs to be planted deeply.

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.

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.

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