Fritillaria eastwoodiae

Butte county fritillary, Butte County Fritillary

Family: Liliaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 3.2

Butte county fritillary is a rare (CNPS 3.2) California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges and California Ranges, particularly in Shasta, Tehama, and Butte counties, growing on dry benches and slopes at elevations below 1,500 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces nodding flowers with perianth parts 1 to 1.7 centimeters long in shades of green, yellow, and red with recurved tips. Growing 2 to 8 decimeters tall with a large bulb, it develops leaves in 1 to 2 whorls of 3 to 5 below the stem and alternating above. Its leaves are 5 to 10 centimeters long, linear to narrowly lanceolate, and slightly glaucous in appearance. The plant bears an angular fruit and develops from a distinctive bulb with 2 to 5 large scales and 10 to 60 smaller scales.

Habitat: dry benches, slopes

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: < 1500 m

Bioregions: KR, CaR (Shasta, Tehama, Butte cos.).

California counties: Butte, Shasta, Yuba, Plumas, Tehama, Glenn

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.