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fritillary

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Snake's head (Fritillaria meleagris)
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Any of the approximately 80 species of bulbous, mostly perennial, ornamental herbaceous plants that make up the genus Fritillaria, in the lily family, native primarily to the northern temperate zone. Members have bell-shaped, nodding, usually solitary flowers. In many species the flower has a checkered appearance. The fruit, a capsule, contains many seeds. Snake's head, or toad lily (F. meleagris), a species with poisonous bulbs, and crown imperial (F. imperialis), a strong-smelling plant, are commonly cultivated as garden flowers.


fritillary

Name applied to butterflies in several genera (family Nymphalidae). Large fritillaries, or silverspots, belong to the genus Speyeria and usually have silver markings on the undersides of their wings. Many of the smaller fritillaries are members of the genus Boloria. Many fritillary larvae are nocturnal and feed on violet leaves.


fritillary [frə′til·ə·rē]
(botany)
The common name for plants of the genus Fritillaria.
(invertebrate zoology)
The common name for butterflies in several genera of the subfamily Nymphalinae.


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CAPTION(S): IDEAL HOME One of the rare small pearl-bordered fritillaries that live on Russell Bell's farm.
Since 2002, regular monitoring of marsh fritillaries at Harlech NNR has revealed falling numbers each year.
Small pearl-bordered fritillaries live in woodland clearings where trees have recently been cut down or coppiced, and where there are areas of grass, bracken and open scrub.
 
 
 
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