Fritillaria imperialis
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Read about Fritillaria imperialis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Fritillaria imperialis, Linn. (Imperialis coronata, Dum. Cours.). Crown Imperial. Fig. 1583. Height 2-3 ft.: lvs. numerous, crowded, ascending, ½ -l in. wide, highest often in whorls of 8-10: fls. end of March. B.M. 194 and 1215. Gn. 46, p. 101; 52, p. 243. A.G. 13:488. R.B. 20:196.—There are single and double forms in yellow and red, and kinds with foliage striped white, and with gold. There are varieties Aurora, Maximus. and William Rex, red; Sulphurous, sulfur-yellow; and Crown upon Crown, Couronne Orange, Red Slagz- waard and others. Var. longipetala, Hort. Gn. 56:358, with long segms. Var. chitralensis, Hort., has rich yellow fls.: said to be a common form in Chitral (British India). G.C. III. 47:171. G.M. 54:682. F. raddeana Regel, from Turkestan, is somewhat dwarfer, blooms earlier, has floral lvs. recurved-spreading, fls. straw-colored or greenish yellow and shorter than the pedicels. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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