Snakeshead Fritillary

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They are a checkered reddish-brown, purple, white and grey. Other common names are Guinea-hen flower this is because the checkerboard pattern resembles the patterning on guinea fowl, for which reason the species is named meleagris, meaning 'guinea fowl '. The name Fritillaria, means means 'dicing box' because  the hanging flowers' resemble a wicker-woven dicebox). Snakeshead because the shape of the unopened bud resembles that of  a snake's head.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="226"><div> <IMG SRC="305a4da0.jpg" border=0 width="164" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> They appear in  undisturbed water meadows in early spring.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0b7fa591dkelyh.jpg"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>