''Fritillaria davidii'' is an
Asia
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n species of herbaceous plant in the
lily family, native to
Sichuan
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Province in
China
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[Franchet, Adrien René 1887. Nouvelles archives du muséum d'histoire naturelle, séries 2, vol 10: page 92-93]
description in Latin, commentary in FrenchKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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''Fritillaria davidii'' is a bulb-forming perennial up to 30 cm tall. Flowers are nodding (hanging downward), bell-shaped, yellow with purple parkings.[
The species is named for Père David (1826–1900), French missionary and amateur naturalist.][
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References
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davidii
Flora of Sichuan
Plants described in 1887