Fritillaria cirrhosa
Fritillaria cirrhosa, common name yellow Himalayan fritillary, is an Asian species of herbaceous plant in the lily family, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Myanmar.
Fritillaria cirrhosa produces bulbs up to in diameter. Stem is up to tall, usually with one flower at the top, sometimes two or three. Leaves are narrowly lanceolate, usually opposite, sometimes whorled, up to long. Flowers are bell-shaped, yellowish-green to brownish-purple flowers which are usually with a chequered pattern in dull purple. The plant is commonly found in alpine slopes and shrublands of the Himalayas, at altitudes of. It is in danger of extinction, due to be being aggressively collected to make a traditional Chinese medicine, Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae.
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Several names have been coined at infraspecific levels for plants once believed to belong to Fritillaria cirrhosa. None of these is currently recognized. Some of the names are regarded as synonyms of Fritillaria cirrhosa not deserving recognition. A few others are considered as belonging to distinct species. Those are:
- Fritillaria cirrhosa var. brevistigma, now called Fritillaria yuzhongensis
- Fritillaria cirrhosa var. ecirrhosa, now called Fritillaria sichuanica
- Fritillaria cirrhosa f. glabra, now called Fritillaria taipaiensis
