''Fritillaria meleagris'' is a Fritillary in the family Liliaceae. Its common names include; Snake's Head Fritillary, Snake's Head (the original English name) Checkered Daffodil, Chess Flower, Frog-cup, Guinea-hen Flower, Leper Lily (because its shape resembled the bell once carried by lepers), Frog-cup, Lazarus bell or, in northern Europe, simply Fritillary.
In Croatia, the flower is known as ''kockavica'' and is associated by some with the country's national symbol.
The Leper Lily is the official flower of the Swedish province of Uppland, where it grows in large quantities every spring at the meadows in Kungsängen, just outside Uppsala, also giving the flower its Swedish name, ''kungsängslilja''. It is also found in Sandemar strandängar (Sandemar beach meadows), a nature reserve west of the village of Dalarö in the Stockholm archipelago.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom there is some disagreement amongst botanists as to whether the Snake's Head is a native species or a long-established garden escapee. The plant was first described in the 16th century by herbalist John Gerard who had only knew of it as a garden plant and it was not recorded in the wild until 1736, which has led some to argue that that it must be an escapee. However, the fact that its habitat is usually confined to ancient hay meadows and it doesn't easily spread to adjoining land, leads others to the conclusion that it is a native species which became isolated from the European population when Britain was cut off from mainland Europe after the last glacial period. The plant was once abundant in the UK, particularly in the Thames Valley and parts of Wiltshire, and was collected in vast quantities to be sold as a cut flower in the markets of London, Oxford and Birmingham. During World War II most of the ancient meadows were ploughed up and turned over to the production of food crops, destroying much of the Snake's Head's habitat. Although it is still a popular garden plant it is now rare in wild, although there are some notable sites where it is still found, such as the meadows at Magdelen College, Oxford and the Oxfordshire village of Ducklington, which holds a Fritillary Sunday festival It is also found in the North Meadow National Nature Reserve, Wiltshire and the Mickfield Meadow nature reserve in Suffolk. In 2002 it was chosen as the County flower of Oxfordshire following a poll by the wild flora conservation charity Plantlife.
Category:Fritillaria Category:Flowers Category:Flora of Croatia
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