Fritillaria imperialis

Plant Characteristics

Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Fritillaria >

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Read about Fritillaria imperialis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. —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). 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 The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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  "Corona imperialis, Crown Imperial", in John Edwards, The British Herbal 1769

References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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