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Latin Name:

Fritillaria lanceolata

Common Name(s):

Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells, Checker Lily

Family Name:

Lily


Size:

1-4 feet

Flower Size:

0.75-1.5 inches long

Flower Shape:

Bell Shaped

Color(s):

Brown/Black ()

Description:

Nodding dark brown/purple/black flowers mottled with greenish-yellow spots. A single stem has 1-5 flowers at the tip of the stalk.

Tidbits:

Like many of the lillies, the bulbs of the Chocolate Lily were eaten by Native Americans. The Chocolate Lily, like its close relative, the Northern Rice Root has a number of rice-like bulbets surrounding its single main bulb.


Ecology:

Open flats and slopes covered with grass or brush, open woods

Blooming Season:

February-June

Related Flowers:

Northern Rice Root, Yellow Bells, Tiger-Lily

Similar Flowers:

Northern Rice Root

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