Liliaceae
Chocolate lily
Fritillaria biflora
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Fritillaria
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 双花贝母, 雙花貝母
- English
- Chocolate lily
- Persian
- لاله واژگون کاکائویی
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 1,754 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: klicklo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Skyler K, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle Cloud-Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Amthinkia, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Stephanie Taylor, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by Michael "Mike" L. Baird, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by Michael "Mike" L. Baird, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Berardi, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.