Fritillaria acmopetala

Description

Fritillaria acmopetala (pointed-petal fritillary) is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to rocky limestone mountain slopes in northern Cyprus, southern Turkey (Lycia to Cilicia) and the (Nur Dağları of the Hatay Province, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine. It is found in Macchia, open woodland and in cornfields. ssp. Wendelboi grows in cedar woodland at higher altitudes. In Cyprus, it grew in cornfields and under olive trees in the Girne-district, in the villages of Karaman and Edremit. It was first described by Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1846.