Striped adobe-lilyStriped adobe-lily

Bulb scales: large 2–7; small 0–1. Stem 2.5–3.8 dm. Leaves 3–10, alternate, 6–7 cm; blade oblong-ovate, ± glaucous. Flowers nodding, fragrant; tepals white to pink, often striped red, oblanceolate, 2–3.5 cm, apex acute to apiculate, usually recurved; nectaries at base of tepals, green, outlined with lavender, linear; style barely branched, branches shorter than 1.5 mm. Capsules angled. 2n = 24.

Flowering Mar--May. Adobe soil; of conservation concern; 0--1000 m; Calif.

Fritillaria striata is considered rare and endangered in California, the greatest threat at present being loss of habitat due to cattle grazing.