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§1 Plant
Fritillaria pudica (Pursh) Spreng.
vernacular yellow fritillary — species · Liliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Liliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Fritillaria
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 121 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 47 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 60 min.
- Precipitation
- 8–16 in/yr
- pH range
- 6.5–9
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Colonizing
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Spring
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 165,996
- Propagation
- bulb
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 121 counties across 10 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lewis 16061
- Lincoln 16063
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Power 16077
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Montana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Columbia 41009
- Crook 41013
- Deschutes 41017
- Gilliam 41021
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Malheur 41045
- Morrow 41049
- Sherman 41055
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
Utah view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 18 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/FRPU2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5300582 ↗Record version
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