About Fritillaria liliacea Lindl.
Fritillaria liliacea Lindl. produces bell-shaped white flowers with greenish stripes, held on a nodding pedicel that brings the plant to around 37 centimeters in height. The blooms are either odorless or have a faint fragrance. This species prefers heavy soils including clays; andesitic and basaltic soils derived from the Sonoma Volcanic soil layers are one type of suitable substrate for it. This wildflower is endemic to California, United States, where its range covers parts of southwestern Northern California, especially Solano and Sonoma counties, and extends along coastal locations south to Monterey County. It typically grows in open hilly grasslands at elevations below 200 meters. This California endemic has been a candidate for listing as a U.S. federally endangered species. Some of its remaining fragmented colonies are at risk of local extinction, so the species is considered locally endangered. Known existing occurrences include Edgewood Park in San Mateo County and the foothills of the Sonoma Mountains in Sonoma County. Many colonies in San Francisco have become highly fragmented or have been extirpated due to urban development.
