Fritillaria sichuanica S. C. Chen

The bulbs are used medicinally.

Bulb of 2 or 3 scales, ovoid-globose, 1--2 cm in diam. Stem 20--50 cm. Leaves 4--10, basal ones generally opposite, middle and distal ones usually alternate and opposite, very rarely also whorled; leaf blade linear to linear-lanceolate, 3--14 cm × 2--8 mm, apex not cirrose. Inflorescence 1- or 2(or 3)-flowered; bract solitary. Flowers nodding, campanulate; pedicel 0.8--2.5 cm. Tepals yellowish green, spotted and tessellated with purple (sometimes very densely so to become purple), oblong or obovate-elliptic, 2.5--4 cm × 5--13 mm; nectaries ovate to oblong, slightly projecting abaxially. Stamens 1.5--2.5 cm; filaments glabrous or papillose. Style 3-lobed; lobes 2--4 mm. Capsule narrowly winged. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 24*.

S Gansu, S Qinghai, W Sichuan.

* Hill thickets, grassy slopes; 2000--4000 m.

Fritillaria chuanbeiensis Y. K. Yang et al.; F. chuanbeiensis var. huyabeimu Y. K. Yang & D. H. Jiang; F. cirrhosa D. Don var. ecirrhosa Franchet; F. fujiangensis Y. K. Yang et al.; F. glabra (P. Y. Li) S. C. Chen var. qingchuanensis (Y. K. Yang & J. K. Wu) S. Y. Tang & S. C. Yueh; F. mellea S. Y. Tang & S. C. Yueh; F. pingwuensis Y. K. Yang & J. K. Wu; F. przewalskii Maximowicz var. longistigma Y. K. Yang & J. K. Wu; F. qingchuanensis Y. K. Yang & J. K. Wu; F. taipaiensis P. Y. Li var. zhouquensis S. C. Chen & G. D. Yu; F. wenxianensis Y. K. Yang & J. K. Wu; F. xibeiensis Y. K. Yang et al.

Fritillaria sichuanica is a Chinese plant species of the lily family. It is found only in China, found in the Provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, and Sichuan. It belongs to subgenus Fritillaria.

Fritillaria sichuanica produces bulbs up to 20 mm in diameter. Stem is up to 50 cm tall. Flowers are nodding (hanging downwards), yellow-green with deep purple spots the spots sometimes so dense that the flower appears from a distance to be more purple than yellow-green.