6. Fritillaria pallidiflora Schrenk ex Fisch. & C. A. Meyer, Enum. Pl. Nov. 1: 5. 1841. Losinsk. in Kom., Fl. USSR 4: 304. 1935; S. Dasgupta & Deb l.c. 295. 1986; Xinqi & Mordak l. c. 128.
S.I. Ali
Bulbs 1-4 cm in diameter, ovoid or oblong-ovoid. Stem 15-50 (-80) cm long, glabrous. Leaves 8-13, alternate, sometimes subopposite or subwhorld, 4-8 (-13) x (1)-2-4 cm, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, tip obtuse. Inflorescecne (1-) 2-5 flowered raceme. Bract solitary per flower, linear-lanceolate, acuminate; pedicel 2-4.5 cm. Flowers nodding, campanulate. Tepals pale yellow, with darker veins and some dark red spots, oblong-obovate or oblong-spathulate 3.0-5.0 x (0.8)-1.5-2.0 cm. Nectaries c. 1.0 cm above the base, ovate-oblong, deeply concave adaxially, projecting abaxially. Stamens 2.0-3.5 cm, filaments slightly longer than anther, glabrous, anthers subdorsifixed. Ovary 10 x 1 mm, 6-lobed, 6-winged; style c. 1.3 cm long, linear, 3-lobed, stigma trisect, truncat. Capsule narrowly winged.
Fl. Per.: June
Type: Described from Dzungaria Ala Tau (LE).
Distribution: Kazakstan: N.W.Xinjiang (Xinqi & Mordak l.c.); Tajikistan (Losinsk., 1935) and Kashmir (S. Dasgupta & Deb, l.c.).
This species is cultivated in N E China and the bulbs have medicinal importance (Xinqi & Mordak, l.c.).
