Fritillaria meleagris

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Scientific Names

Read about Fritillaria meleagris in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Fritillaria meleagris, Linn. Checkered Lilt. Snake's- Head. Figs. 1580-1582. St. 1 ft. or more high: lvs. 3 or 4, linear or lanceolate, typically 1-fld.: fl. dull red with the inside checkered and spotted with higher color; segms. oblong, narrowed at both ends, about 1 ½ in. long, the inner ones bearing an oblong or linear cavity; fls. sometimes white or yellowish, or purplish and more or less checkered. England and Norway, through Cent. Eu. to Caucasus. Gn. 32:536; 47, p. 330; 52. p. 243.—The Dutch bulb-growers keep several kinds distinct. The extremes of color-range are (1) a greenish white, (2) a sufficient degree of purple to make the checkering as distinct as possible, and (3) an approach to yellow. Some kinds bear 2-3 fls.; some are double; some fls. spread so widely as to be almost funnel-shaped. Var. alba, Hort. White. G. 29:355. Gn.W. 21:221. Var. contorta, an old monstrosity, instead of segms. free all the way, and a shouldered base, has the lower third of the perianth united into a funnel-shaped tube. The yellow of some fls. is conjectured to be the result of a cross with F. lutea made before Gerarde's time. In England the species flowers toward the end of April. G. 18:182; 35:273. J.H. III. 52:329. Gn.M. 10:117; 12:228. Gn. 61, p. 306 (vars.) G.M. 52:770. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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