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Scientific Name: | Fritillaria meleagris |
Common Name: | Guinea hen flower |
Family Name: | Liliaceae |
Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x < 0.1m (height x width) |
Habit: | Upright |
Form: | Weeping |
Texture: | Medium - fine |
Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest |
Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
Soil or Media: | |
Leaves: | Simple, Grass-like, Alternate, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear |
Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Purple, Dark-red, Apr |
Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, May |
Key ID Features: | |
Leaves grass-like and widely-spaced on the stems; flowers nodding, 6 tepals, checkered reddish-brown, purple, white, or grey. |