Encyclopedia of spring Image 1 is a photograph by Irina Effa which was uploaded on May 16th, 2015.
Encyclopedia of spring Image 1
Spring is coming. This is flower called snake's head fritillary.... more
by Irina Effa
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Encyclopedia of spring Image 1
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Irina Effa
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Photograph - Photography
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Spring is coming. This is flower called snake's head fritillary.
Fritillaria is a genus of Eurasian, North African, and North American plants in the lily family.
The emblematic and often unusually-colored fritillaries are commonly used as floral emblems. F. meleagris (snake's head fritillary) is the county flower of Oxfordshire, UK, and the provincial flower of Uppland, Sweden, where it is known as kungsängslilja ("Kungsängen lily"). In Croatia this species is known as kockavica, and the checkerboard pattern of its flowers may have inspired the šahovnica pattern on the nation's coat of arms. F. camschatcensis (Kamchatka fritillary) is the floral emblem of Ishikawa Prefecture and Obihiro City in Japan. Its Japanese name is kuroyuri (クロユリ), meaning "dark lily". F. tenella is the floral emblem of Giardino Botanico Alpino di Pietra Corva, a botanical garden in Italy.
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May 16th, 2015