| Description | A small plant with bi-colored flowers of maroon and gold. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (frit-il-AR-ee-uh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, resents soggy soils especially in the summer |
| Soil & Site | well drained, native soil is loose gritty loam |
| Temperature | needs cold to grow properly |
| Flowers | pendant bells, dusky purple on the outside, yellow within |
| Leaves | has few leaves, broadly lanceolate, alternate, clapping the stem, |
| Stems | bulbs are elongated with numerous rounded stolons or bulblets |
| Dimensions | 12-18 inches |
| Maintenance | planted shallow at 2-3 inches 5 inches apart, 4-5 per square foot, will naturalize if they like the site |
| Propagation | seeds, division, bubblets |
| Native Site | Native to Iran, Iraq & Turkey, growing at 3,500-6,000 feet. |
| Misc Facts | "The Fox's Grape has more DNA than any plant or animal yet discovered. It adds up to around twenty-five times the amount of DNA in each cell of a human being. Why this frit needs so much DNA information is unknown, but I'm sure there's a science fiction story in there somewhere".(/www.paghat.com/fritillariauvavulpis.html) |
| Notes & Reference | #114-The Gardner’s Guide to Fritillaries (Kevin Pratt, Michael Brown) |
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