Fritillaria lusitanica explained

Fritillaria lusitanica is a species of plant in the lily family Liliaceae, endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.

It is a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial. The flowers are nodding (hanging), purple, sometimes with a green stripe along the central part of each tepal.^[1]

Its populations occurs scattered and usually with small numbers of individuals in central and southwestern areas of the Peninsula.

Subspecies

• Fritillaria lusitanica subsp. lusitanica
• Fritillaria lusitanica subsp. stenophylla (Boiss. & Reut.) K.Richt

formerly includedSeveral other names have been coined at the varietal and subspecific levels for taxa once thought to be parts of the species Fritillaria lusitanica but now considered better suited to other species.

• Fritillaria lusitanica var. algeriensis, now called Fritillaria oranensis
• Fritillaria lusitanica subsp. macrocarpa, now called Fritillaria macrocarpa
• Fritillaria lusitanica var. neglecta, now called Fritillaria messanensis subsp. neglecta
• Fritillaria lusitanica subsp. neglecta, now called Fritillaria messanensis subsp. neglecta
• Fritillaria lusitanica subsp. oranensis, now called Fritillaria oranensis

External links

• Flores Silvestres del Mediterraneo several photos, captions in Spanish
• Redaragon, Espacios Naturales de Aragón in Spanish, with photo
• Flora-on in Portuguese, with many photos plus Portuguese distribution map

Notes and References

1. Wikström, Johan Emanuel 1821. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 352