Fritillaria graeca explained

Fritillaria graeca is a European plant species in the family Liliaceae.^[1] It is native to the Balkans (Albania, Bulgaria,^[2] North Macedonia, and Greece).^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5] ^[6]

Subspecies^[7]

Fritillaria graeca subsp. graeca - eastern + southern Greece including Crete
Fritillaria graeca subsp. thessala (Boiss.) Rix^[8] - Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, northern Greece

formerly included

Fritillaria graeca var. gussichiae, now called Fritillaria gussichiae
Fritillaria graeca var. skorpili, now called Fritillaria skorpili

Notes and References

Web site: Fritillaria graeca Boiss. & Spruner. . n.d.. Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. September 18, 2020.
Web site: Tisata Reserve. Official Site of Pirin National Park. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160110043706/http://pirin-np.com/. 10 January 2016. dead.
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=306639 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Fritillaria graeca
Tomovic, G., S. Vukojicic, M. Niketic, B. Zlatkovic, V. Strevanovic. 2007. Fritillaria (Liliaceae) in Serbia: distribution, habitats, and some taxonomic notes. Phytologica Balcanica 13 (3):359-370
Boissier, Pierre Edmond & Wilhelm von Spruner. 1846. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 1, 7: 104.
Micevski, Kiril. 1987. Acta Botanica Croatica 37: 212, as Fritillaria ionica var. ochridana from Croatia
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=306644 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Fritillaria graecasubsp. thessala
Rix, Edward Martin. 1978. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 356.