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Fritillaria rhodocanakis

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ex Bak. Bulb to 2cm across. Stem 10-15cm high. Leaves five to seven, green, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, the lowest sometimes opposite, the rest alternate. Flowers one or two, broadly campanulate, brownish-purple with brownish-yellow tips, not tessellated, having a spermatic scent. Tepals about 2cm long, with an oval nectary at the angle of the bell. Style papillose or smooth, 7-8mm, trifid, the branches 3mm long. Capsule not winged. Greece, on the island of Idhra (Hydra), growing in vineyards and rocky places. Plants intermediate between this and F. graeca are found on the nearby island of Spetsai, and on the adjacent mainland.