Fritillaria imperialis
Fritillaria imperialis
Safety & Hazards
The bulb is poisonous raw[ 4 Title A Modern Herbal. Publication Author Grieve. Publisher Penguin Year 1984 ISBN 0-14-046-440-9 Description Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants. , 114 Title The Plant Wealth of Iraq. Publication Author Chakravarty. H. L. Publisher Year ISBN Description It is surprising how many of these plants can be grown in Britain. A very readable book on the useful plants of Iraq. ], it contains low concentrations of a toxic alkaloid[ 163 Title Lilies and Related Plants. Publication Author RHS Lily Group. Publisher Year ISBN Description Lots of interesting snippets about plants in the family Liliaceae (in the old, broad sense) , 240 Title Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement). Publication Author Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C. Publisher Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. Year 1986 ISBN - Description Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader. ].
Botanical Description
Fritillaria imperialis is a perennial plant growing from a fleshy bulb up to 10cm in diameter; the flowering stem is up to 100cm tall[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is often grown as an ornamental, there are several named varieties[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ].