Fritillaria usuriensis

Botanical Description

Fritillaria usuriensis is a perennial plant growing from a bulb around 10 - 15mm in diameter and comprising of two scales usually with a few bulbels around them; the flowering stem is around 50 - 60cm tall, occasionally to 100cm[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is cultivated for its bulbs in China, where they are used medicinally[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. It is one of several species that are used as a source of the Traditional Chinese Medicine 'Chuan Bei Mu', which is primarily obtained from Fritillaria cirrhosa[ 2246 Title Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of genus Fritillaria - a review Publication Bull Natl Res Cent (2021) 45:124 Author Rashid I. & Yaqoob U. Website https://doi.org/10.1186/s42269-021-00577-z Publisher Year 2021 ISBN Description ]. Fritillaria usuriensis is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the wild(2013)[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].