Calflora: Fritillaria recurva

Fritillaria recurva Benth.

scarlet fritillary

Fritillaria recurva, a monocot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Apr--Jun

Communities:	Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest
Affinity to serpentine soil: 2.7 (strong indicator) [Safford et al 2005]
Habitat:	slopes [Walker]
Elevation:	between 2000 and 6000 feet
Family:	LILIACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Fritillaria found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:	Fritillaria coccinea
PLANTS:	Fritillaria liliacea
PLANTS:	Fritillaria recurva var. coccinea

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alameda: 21 / 9 CCH Butte: 29 / 26 CCH Contra Costa: 31 / 6 CCH Colusa: 4 / 2 CCH El Dorado: 1 / 0 CCH Glenn: 4 / 4 CCH Humboldt: 7 / 6 CCH Lake: 16 / 10 CCH Lassen: 1 / 1 CCH Mendocino: 17 / 14 CCH Monterey: 10 / 8 CCH Modoc: 3 / 3 CCH Marin: 28 / 19 CCH Napa: 19 / 12 CCH Nevada: 5 / 2 CCH Placer: 7 / 3 CCH Plumas: 14 / 8 CCH San Benito: 2 / 2 CCH Santa Clara: 11 / 9 CCH San Francisco: 15 / 13 CCH Shasta: 26 / 14 CCH Sierra: 1 / 1 CCH Siskiyou: 15 / 15 CCH San Mateo: 36 / 29 CCH Solano: 15 / 4 CCH Sonoma: 43 / 23 CCH Tehama: 19 / 19 CCH Trinity: 41 / 35 CCH Tulare: 1 / 0 CCH Yuba: 6 / 6 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Fritillaria recurva from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (FRRE)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database