Fritillaria lusitanica, Wikstrom

13. F. lusitanica Wikström View in CoL , Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Acad. Handl. 1821: 352 (1821)

(inch F. hispanica Boiss. & Reuter , F. stenophylla Boiss. & Reuter , F. boissieri Costa , F. messanensis sensu Willk. , non Rafin.).

Stem 10-50 cm. Leaves (5—)6—9(—11), alternate, the lowest 4-8-7-5(-15) cm x 1-9 mm, linear to lanceolate, the rest narrower. Flowers l(-3). Perianth broadly campanulate, often expanded at the mouth; segments green to brown outside, usually with green fascia, yellowish inside, marked or tessellated with brown, the outer 20-40 x 7-10 mm, the inner 9-15 mm wide, usually acute. Nectaries 10-12x2-3 mm, linear-lanceolate to linear, greenish, 3-4 mm above the base of the perianth-segment. Filaments 8-10 mm. Style 8-11 mm, 3-fid, the branches 3-4 mm, slender, smooth. Capsule not winged. 2« = 24. Rocks, screes and open woods. • E., C. & S. Spain, C. & S. Portugal. Hs Lu.

Very variable in height, width of leaf and colour and markings of flower. Sometimes divided on these characters into various species or subspecies but the resulting taxa do not seem satisfactory and further study is required to decide whether subdivision is possible.