Fritillaria graeca: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Liliaceae
Genus
Fritillaria
Species
Fritillaria graeca
Scientific Name
Fritillaria graeca

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Fritillaria graeca

Fritillaria graeca is a European plant species in the family Liliaceae. It is native to the Balkans (Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Greece). Some older literature says that the plant can also be found in Serbia, but all these collections are of var. gussichiae, now regarded as a distinct species called Fritillaria gussichiae.

Fritillaria graeca has flowers with red and white stripes which resemble small bells - one on each stem. It blooms between April and May. It reaches a height of around 25 cm.

Subspecies
  • Fritillaria graeca subsp. graeca - eastern + southern Greece including Crete
  • Fritillaria graeca subsp. thessala (Boiss.) Rix - Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, northern Greece
formerly included
  • Fritillaria graeca var. gussichiae, now called Fritillaria gussichiae
  • Fritillaria graeca var. skorpili, now called Fritillaria skorpili
...
 

Fritillaria graeca in languages:

Bulgarian
Гръцка ведрица
Danish
Græsk Vibeæg
English
Greek Fritillary
Estonian
kreeka püvilill
German
Griechische Schachblume
Modern Greek
Φριτιλλάρια η ελληνική
Polish
szachownica grecka
Russian
Рябчик греческий

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Fritillaria graeca
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Fritillaria graeca
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Fritillaria graeca
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Fritillaria graeca
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