Fritillaria meleagris

Fritillaria Meleagris

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Fritillaria meleagris

Fritillaria meleagris (Snake's Head Fritillary, Checkered Daffodil, Frog-cup, Guinea-hen Flower, Leper Lily, Snake's Head (the original English name) or (in northern Europe) simply Fritillary) is a Fritillary

Fritillary

Fritillaria is a genus of about 100 species of bulbous plants in the family Liliaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
, a flower from the family Liliaceae

Liliaceae

The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation , and flower arranged in threes....
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The flower has a chequered reddish-brown, purple, white and grey colouration, sometimes mostly white. It flowers from March to May and grows between 15 and 40 cm in height.

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Fritillary

Fritillaria is a genus of about 100 species of bulbous plants in the family Liliaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
, a flower from the family Liliaceae

Liliaceae

Alkaloid

Alkaloids are naturally occurring chemical compounds containing base nitrogen atoms. The name derives from the word alkaline and was used to describe any nitrogen-containing base....
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The plant is commonly found growing in grasslands in damp soils and river meadows. It can be found at altitudes up to 800 metres.

It is native to Europe

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, but in many places, including France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
and Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
it is an endangered species

Endangered species

An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters....
that is rarely found in the wild, but is common in horticulturists' gardens. In Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
the flower is known as Kockavica and is part of the country's national symbol. It is the only species of Fritillary native to Britain, growing in traditional grass meadows. Due to changing land usage, it is now quite rare in the wild. The Meadow of Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College redirects here, see also Magdalene College, CambridgeMagdalen College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England....
, the village of Ducklington

Ducklington

Ducklington is a village and civil parish within the West Oxfordshire local government district of Oxfordshire, England. It is located one mile to the south of the town of Witney, and is situated on the banks of the River Windrush....
, Oxfordshire (which holds a Fritillary Sunday festival), and the North Meadow

North Meadow, Cricklade

North Meadow, Cricklade is a hay meadow near the village of Cricklade, in Wiltshire, England. It is 24.6 hectares in size.Over 250 species of higher plant occur in the meadow, but it is of particular note as it holds by far the largest British population of the Snake's-head Fritillary ....
National Nature Reserve, Wiltshire are some of the best locations to view this flower.

The Leper Lily is the official flower of the Swedish province of Uppland

Uppland

Uppland is a historical Provinces of Sweden or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders S?dermanland, V?stmanland and G?strikland....
, where it grows in large quantities every spring at the meadows in Kungsängen, just outside Uppsala

Uppsala

Uppsala is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth largest Cities of Sweden of Sweden with 128,409 inhabitants.Located about 70 km north of the capital Stockholm, it is also the seat of the Uppsala municipality ....
, also giving the flower its Swedish name, kungsängslilja.

In Sandemar strandängar(Sandemar beach meadows), a nature reserve west of the village Dalarö

Dalarö

Dalar? is a village south-east of Stockholm, Sweden. It belongs to Haninge Municipality and has 1,015 inhabitants . It is part of Metropolitan Stockholm and serves as a recreational summer spot for Stockholmers....
in Stockholm archipelago

Stockholm archipelago

The Stockholm Archipelago is the biggest archipelago of Sweden, and one of the biggest archipelagos of the Baltic sea....
in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
has the Leper Lily also found a locale where it can flourish in abundance.

Fritillaria meleagris

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