Fritillaria persica
Fritillaria persica
Kırk lale
Bulb 3-5 cm diam., to 6 cm high, spindle-shaped. Stem 20-100 cm, smooth. Leaves 10-25, to 15 x 3 cm, lanceolate, acute, all alternate. Bract leaves 1 per flower or absent. Flowers 7-20, in an elongated raceme. Perianth campanulate, purplish to greenish-grey; segments 15-20 x 6-7 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse, outer and inner similar. Nectaries triangular, 1.5 mm broad, 2 mm above base of perianth. Filaments 5-6 mm, smooth; anthers 4 mm. Style 6-8 mm, slender, smooth. Capsule 1-3 cm, wings 2 mm broad. Fl. 4-5. Rocky slopes, edges of arable fields, 700-1000m;
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Iran. Ir.-Tur.element.
