Fritillaria orientalis is a Eurasian species of monocotyledonous plant in the lily family Liliaceae.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families It was described by Johann Friedrich Adam in 1805, based on specimens collected in Ossetia.Johann Friedrich Adams in F. Weber & D.M.H.Mohr. 1805. Beiträge zur Naturkunde 1: 50.
This bulbous perennial flourishes on grass and brush in limestone valleys. The flowers, appearing in April and May, are purple, borne singly or in twos or threes.Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1806. Botanical Magazine (London) 24: t. 952, as Fritillaria racemosaMarschall von Bieberstein, Friedrich August. 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica exhibens stirpes phaenogamas, in Chersoneso Taurica et regionibus caucasicis sponte crescentes. Charkouiae 1: 269, Fritillaria tenella
The species grows in France, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia, Moldova, Ukraine, southern Russia, Turkey, and the Caucasus.Altervista Flora Italiana, Meleagride minore, Fritillaria orientalis AdamMalesh Mountain, Fritillaria orientalis photo, description, distribution information; Malesh Mountain is on the border of Bulgaria + North Macedonia
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Carpathian Basin, Fritillaria orientalis photos Calphotos, University of California @ Berkeley, Fritillaria orientalis photo by Mike Ireland Riserva Naturale della Val Rosandra, Fritillaria orientalis è nella Regione presente solo nella porzione sud orientale del Carso photo; captions in Italian