Liliaceae

Adobe lily

Fritillaria pluriflora Torr. ex Benth.

Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Fritillaria

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Adobe lily (Fritillaria pluriflora) — FlowerPhoto: Dee Shea Himes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

arz: فريتيلاريا بلوريفلورا
Chinese: 多花贝母
English: Adobe lily
German: Tonlilie
Persian: لاله واژگون خشتی

Synonyms

Liliorhiza piattiana Kellogg ex Curran

Flowers

In flower: February to March (from 406 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dee Shea Himes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: wonton_soup, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ryan Elliott, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Scott Yarger, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Arvel Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Game, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.