Israel wildflowers: Persian Fritillaria

Fritillaria persica, Fritillaria arabica, Fritillaria libanotica, Persian Fritillaria, Adıyaman (Turkish),

Hebrew: גביעונית הלבנון, Arabic: زنبق لبناني , عش الحجل


Scientific name:		Fritillaria persica L.
Synonym name:		Fritillaria arabica Gandoger, Fritillaria libanotica (Boiss.) Baker
Common name:		Persian Fritillaria
Hebrew name:		גביעונית הלבנון
Arabic name:		زنبق لبناني , عش الحجل
Family:		Liliaceae, שושניים

_{Location, Mukhraka-Keren HaCarmel}


Life form:		Geophyte
Stems:		Up to 100 cm; erect stems
Leaves:		Rosette, entire
Inflorescence:		Conical inflorescences
Flowers:		Purple; bell-shaped
Fruits / pods:		Loculicidal capsules
Flowering Period:		February, March, April
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana, Shrub-steppes
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands
Chorotype:		Med – Irano-Turanian
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

_{Location, Mukhraka-Keren HaCarmel}
Derivation of the botanical name:

Fritillaria, Latin fritillus, dice box, from the fruit shape.

persica, from Persia (Iran).
The Hebrew name:גביעונית, givonit, from גביעון, givon, a small cup, from גביע, gavia, a cup.
The scientific name of the cup – Fritillaria – a small cup for throwing dice is named after the shape of the flowers, it is also the source of the Hebrew name.

The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
The standard author abbreviation Gandoger is used to indicate Michel Gandoger (1850 – 1926), a French botanist and mycologist.
The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.

_{Location, Mukhraka-Keren HaCarmel}