Fritillaria pallidiflora is an Asian species of bulbous flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to Xinjiang, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.伊贝母 yi bei mu Fritillaria pallidiflora Flora of China.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Fritillaria pallidiflora The common name frequently used is Siberian fritillary, a misnomer because the species does not grow in the wild in Siberia.
The Latin specific epithet pallidiflora means "pale flowered".
Fritillaria pallidiflora reaches up to in height and bears pale yellow, nodding bell-shaped flowers.Cheers, G. and H. F. Ullmann. Botanica: The Illustrated A-Z of Over 10,000 Garden Plants and how to Cultivate Them. Könemann im Tandem. 2004. pg. 384. Fischer, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von, & Meyer, Carl Anton von. 1841. Enumeratio Plantarum Novarum 1: 5G.Z.Zhang & Y.M.Liu. 1984. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica. (Chih su fen lei hsüeh pao). Beijing 22(2): 158, as Fritillaria bolensisLiu, Guo June 1996. Flora Xinjiangensis 6: 507, as Fritillaria pallidiflora var. halabulanica
In cultivation in the UK this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is hardy down to
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External links Pacific Bulb Society, Asian Fritillaria Three photos of several species including Fritillaria pallidiflora Vasteplanten Kwekerij De Hessenhof, Fritillaria pallidiflora photo of cultivated specimen in Netherlands