Very nice A synonym of *Fritillaria cirrhosa* D.Don as per The Plant List. Family Liliaceae.
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Very Interesting. Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for sharing. > Regards > Prashant > > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Fritillaria roylei* Hook., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 9: t. 860 1852. >> >> Common name: Himalayan Fritillary >> >> Bulbous perennial herb up to 70 cm tall with bulbs 2-3 cm in diam; leaves >> alternate, opposite or in whorls of 3-6, linear-lanceolate, often >> acuminate; flowers solitary or 2-4 together usually subtended by 3 leafy >> bracts, nodding, 4-6 cm long, campanulate with oblong to elliptic-oblong >> tepals which are yellowish green to brownish-purple, base dark purple on >> outside, often spotted with red on outside; stamens 2-3 cm long; style >> 3-lobed; capsule broadly oblong, 25-35 mm long, seeds many. >> >> Common in Khillenmarg meadow in Kashmir, photographed in May. I found two >> types of flowers those with dull greenish-yellow flowers and those with >> bright red spots on outside. >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > -- Dr Satish Phadke
