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checkered lily

DEFINITIONS OF: checkered lily

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n any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers

Synonyms:
fritillary
Types:
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Fritillaria affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata, Fritillaria mutica, mission bells, rice-grain fritillary
herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers
Fritillaria biflora, black fritillary, mission bells
herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green
Fritillaria agrestis, stink bell
a malodorous California herb with bell-shaped flowers; a common weed in grainfields
Fritillaria imperialis, crown imperial
Eurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
Fritillaria liliaceae, white fritillary
California herb with white conic or bell-shaped flowers usually tinged with green
Fritillaria meleagris, checkered daffodil, guinea-hen flower, leper lily, snake's head fritillary
Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental
Fritillaria micrantha, Fritillaria parviflora, brown bells
California herb with brownish-purple or greenish bell-shaped flowers
Fritillaria pluriflora, adobe lily, pink fritillary
California herb with pinkish purple flowers
Fritillaria recurva, scarlet fritillary
western United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowers
Type of:
bulbous plant
plant growing from a bulb
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