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Common name guinea-hen fritillary; checkered lily Family liliaceae Life cycle perennial bulb Flowers burgundy or cream (mid-spring) Size 12" Light sun-part shade Best known in their intricately burgundy-checkered form, we also grow the plain white 'Alba' variety. The bell-shaped fflowers appear on slender stalks rapidly from out of nowhere, in the second half of April for us. The effect is short-lived, but the bulbs stick around year after year.

We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston.

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