Fritillaries are widely distributed throughout the Northern
Hemisphere, including California and the Mediterranean Region
of southern Europe and southwestern Asia. Most species require
soils with good drainage and many do best when soils remain
dry during the summer months.
| F. acmopetala |
SW Asia, flowers green/red/brown |
| F. alburyana |
NE Turkey, flowers pink |
| F. ariana |
C & SW Asia, flowers pink |
| F. assyriaca |
SW Asia, flowers gray/green/yellow |
| F. atrolineata |
W Iran, flowers yellow-green |
| F. bucharica |
C Asia, flowers white |
| F. drenovskii |
SE Europe, flowers purple/brown/green |
| F. eduardi |
C Asia, flowers red/orange |
| F. elwesii |
SW Turkey, flowers purple/green |
| F. forbesii |
SW Turkey, flowers yellow-green |
| F. gussichiae |
SE Europe, flowers green/brown |
| F. imperialis |
Asia, flowers yellow/orange |
| F. kotschyana |
Iran, flowers pale yellow |
| F. latifolia |
SW Asia, flowers purple/maroon |
| F. minima |
SE Turkey, flowers yellow |
| F. montana |
S Europe, SW Asia, flowers green |
| F. orientalis |
SW Asia, flowers purple-brown |
| F. perisca |
SW Asia, flowers purple/green |
| F. pontica |
Greece, Turkey, flowers green/brown |
| F. pyrenaica |
Spain, France, flowers purple/green |
| F. raddeana |
SW Asia, flowers yellow |
| F. sewerzowii |
C Asia, flowers green/yellow |
| F. sibthorpiana |
SW Turkey, flowers yellow |
| F. straussii |
SW Asia, flowers brown/purple |
| F. tubiformis |
France, Italy, flowers purple/yellow |
| F. walujewii |
C Asia, flowers white |
| F. whittallii |
S Turkey, flowers green/brown |
| F. zagrica |
SW Asia, flowers chocolate-purple |
