Photo: Leslie Bigos
Yellow bells Fritillaria pudica
LILY Family
Liliaceae family has flower parts in 3s, parallel veins in leaves, usually petals & stamens look the same, 6 stamens, 3—parted stigma
Perennial plant, growing from a bulb.
Description:
Habitat: low to high elevations in shrub-steppe and forests in soils that are moist in spring. Early spring bloomer.
Stem: erect, unbranched.
Leaves: elongate, fleshy. Grow In pairs or in whorls of 3+ mid- height of stem.
Flowers: usually 1 (sometimes 2) at stem top. Nodding bell-shaped flower faces outward to hanging down. As ages, turns from clear yellow to orange to dark red.
