Fritillaria on Mystery Bulbs page
Jane McGary (Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:38:42 PDT)

At 11:46 PM 6/9/2004 -0400, you wrote:

I would have to see the inside of the flower for details, but my immediate
reaction was that this is a photo of Fritillaria crassifolia subsp.
kurdica. However, F. graeca is extremely variable (it has recently been
redescribed and sorted out into several species, including one called F.
mutabilis ('changeable')). The characteristic distinguishing the series to
which F. graeca (sensu lato) belongs from that to which F. crassifolia
belongs is that the former has a round to lanceolate nectary, and the
latter a linear nectary -- a detail that isn't apparent on the photo.

Jane McGary