Fritillaria Description

Fritillaria	The genus Fritillaria are very close to lilies and Nomocharis, so close that several species have switched from one to another genus. There is about 150 species and sub-species of Fritillaria. Mostly all Fritillaria grows on the northern hemisphere and mostly all Fritillaria requires a well-drained soil and is therefore ideal for rock garden.
Fritillaria assyriaca	Distribution area: eastern Turkey and northern Iraq.
Fritillaria crassifolia	Distribution area: especially Turkey, but also Lebanon and Iran.
Fritillaria drenowskii	Distribution area: Bulgaria and Greece.
Fritillaria gracea ssp. thessala	Distribution area: northern Greece, southern Bulgaria and in Albania.
Fritillaria hermonis ssp. amana	Distribution area: Turkey, Syria and Lebanon
Fritillaria involucrata	Distribution area: The French and Italian Alps.
Fritillaria latifolia var. aurea	Distribution area: The central Turkey
Fritillaria meleagris alba fl.pl.	A rare double form of the well known F. meleagris.
Fritillaria messanensis	Grows in several countries around the Mediterranean and North Africa.
Fritillaria michailovskyi	Distribution area: The north eastern Turkey, especially around the lakes Van and Kars.
Fritillaria montana	Distribution area: France, Italy, Yugoslavia and Greece
Fritillaria pallidiflora	Distribution area: The Central Asia.
Fritillaria pudica	Distribution area: northwestern North America
Fritillaria puquiensis	Distribution area: China
Fritillaria pyrenaica	Distribution area: In the Pyrenees
Fritillaria sewerzowii	Distribution area: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Kashmir and parts of China.
Fritillaria tubiformis	Distribution area: France and Italy