Fritillaria raddeana

Description

Fritillaria raddeana is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, distributed in Iran, Turkmenistan and Kashmir. It is a species in the genus Fritillaria, in the Liliaceae family. It is placed in the subgenus Petilium. Resembling Fritillaria imperialis (crown imperial), but shorter, it is sometimes referred to as the dwarf crown imperial. The inflorescence forms an umbel of 10–20 pendant bell-shaped flowers with six tepals that are yellowish to green. Nectaries 2–3 mm in diameter. Stem of about 2 1/2' feet (50–80 cm) in height. The umbel is topped with a pineapple-like tuft of narrow leaf-like bracts. On the stem are shiny, glaucous, lanceolate, pale green alternate leaves, up to 5 " in length. The plant has a disagreeable odor. The chromosome number is 2n = 24