Checkered Lily
Scientific Name:Fritillaria meleagris
Common Name Synonyms: Guinea Hen Flower


NOTES: Native to Europe, growing in moist locations. Lily family (bulbous herbs with a superior ovary).

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Checkered Lily
Genus species: Fritillaria meleagris
Common Names: Checkered Lily
Guinea Hen Flower
Family Name: Liliaceae  
Perennial herbs from bulbs; leaves various, simple and parallel-veined, with sheathing bases; flowers bisexual, regular, solitary or in various terminal clusters; superior ovary; fruit a berry or capsule; often toxic if eaten.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Violet/Blue
Pink/Red
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:M. Becus
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