Chequered daffodil
ഫ്രിട്ടില്ലേറിയ മെലിയാഗ്രീസ്
Fritillaria meleagris L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 25 cm
- wide
- 19 cm
Liliaceae
Also called Chequered lily, Chess flower, Drooping tulip, Fritillary, Frog-cup
Formerly Fritillaria contorta, Fritillaria graminifolia, Fritillaria major, Fritillaria pallida, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Bulbous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to W. SiberiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 20 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 23 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Schachblume, Kiebitzei, Schachbrettblume
- Azerbaijani
- Şahmatşəkilli laləvər
- Bulgarian
- шахматовидна ведрица
- Czech
- řebčík kostkovaný
- Welsh
- britheg
- Danish
- Almindelig Vibeæg
- Persian
- لاله واژگون کلهماری
- Finnish
- Kirjopikarililja
- French
- fritillaire, Fritillaire damier, Fritillaire pintade
- Croatian
- Obična kockavica
- Upper Sorbian
- Woknate róže, Wšědna woknješička
- Hungarian
- kockásliliom, kotuliliom, Mocsári kockásliliom
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Fritillaria meleagris (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.