n.
Any of the approximately 80 species of bulbous, mostly perennial, ornamental herbaceous plants that make up the genus Fritillaria , in the lily family , native primarily to the northern temperate zone.
Members have bell-shaped, nodding, usually solitary flowers. In many species the flower has a checkered appearance. The fruit, a capsule , contains many seeds. Snake's head, or toad lily ( F. meleagris ), a species with poisonous bulbs, and crown imperial ( F. imperialis ), a strong-smelling plant, are commonly cultivated as garden flowers.
Snake's head ( Fritillaria meleagris )
Ingmar Holmasen