Fritillaria przewalskii

Botanical Description

Fritillaria przewalskii is a perennial plant growing from an ovoid-globose bulb around 6 - 13mm in diameter and comprising of two scales; the flowering stem is around 15 - 50cm tall[ 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 harvested in quantity from the wild and is widely used as a medicine[ 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[ 2210 Title Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica Publication Author Bensky D., Clavey S. & Stöger E. Publisher Eastland Press Inc; Seattle, USA Year 2004 ISBN 0-939616-4-24 Description ].