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Fritillaria amana |
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Cultivation: Easy in an alpine house or bulb frame, in gritty
soil Botanical Description: Bulb: Up to 3cm in diameter, frequently forming bulblets, sometimes stoloniferous Stem: 8 - 35cm tall, glabrous Leaves: 5 - 6 or more, alternate, lanceolate or oblong, acute, green (in the north) glaucous (in the south) Flowers: Broadly campanulate, green, tessellated or lined with brown or purple, facia Segments: Outer tepals 2.5 - 3.5 x 0.7 - 1.2cm, inner tepals 1 - 1.5cm broad Nectaries: Lanceolate or ovate at the angle of the bell Style: 8 - 12mm, trifid, branches 3 - 4mm Capsule: Not winged Flowering time: IV - V - (VI) Habitat: Rocky slopes and screes, in disused fields and old orchards, sometimes in shade, 1500 - 2000m Distribution: Turkey (Amanus), Syria, Lebanon
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