Fritillaria meleagris
Species of flowering plants in the family Liliaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fritillaria meleagris is a Eurasian species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae.[2][3][4] Its common names include snake's head fritillary, snake's head (the original English name), chess flower, frog-cup, guinea-hen flower, guinea flower, leper lily (because its shape resembled the bell once carried by lepers), Lazarus bell, chequered lily, chequered daffodil, drooping tulip or, in the British Isles, simply fritillary.[5] The plant is a bulbous perennial[6] native to the flood river plains of Europe where it grows in abundance.[7]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Liliaceae |
Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
Tribe: | Lilieae |
Genus: | Fritillaria |
Species: | F. meleagris |
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