Corwen, Wales: A snake’s head fritillary is caught out by unseasonal snowfall. Photo: Richard Bowler/Rex/Shutterstock.
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Fritillaria meleagris is a Eurasian species of flowering plant in the lily family. Its common names include snake’s head fritillary, snake’s head (the original English name), chess flower, frog-cup, guinea-hen flower, guinea flower, leper lily (because its shape resembled the bell once carried by lepers), Lazarus bell, chequered lily, chequered daffodil, drooping tulip or, in northern Europe, simply fritillary. [From Wikipedia].
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