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Fritillaria imperialis (imperial fritillary)

Synonyms: Imperialis comosa (homotypic); Petilium imperale; Petilium imperiale (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Fritillaria imperialis (crown imperial, imperial fritillary or Kaiser's crown) is a species of flowering plant in the lily family, native to a wide stretch from Kurdistan and Iraq across the plateau of Iran to Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Himalayan foothills. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental and reportedly naturalized in Austria, Sicily, and Washington State. The common names and also the epithet "imperialis," literally "of the emperor," refer to the large circle of golden flowers, reminiscent of an emperor's crown. formerly included
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Infraspecies

Fritillaria imperialis var. imperialis
Fritillaria imperialis var. kashmirensis

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  The bulb is poisonous raw;
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Scent [2]  The flowers smell of wet fur and garlic.
Structure [2]  Bulb
Height [2]  39 inches (1 m)
Width [2]  12 inches (0.3 m)
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Predators

Lilioceris lilii (scarlet lily beetle)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0