Liliaceae
Chequered lily
Fritillaria meleagris
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Fritillaria
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Common names
By language (36)
- Armenian
- Արքայածաղիկ, Արքայապսակ շախմատային, Սութմա կակաչ
- arz
- فريتيلاريا ميليجريس
- Azerbaijani
- Şahmatşəkilli laləvər
- Bulgarian
- Шахматовидна ведрица
- Chinese
- 花格貝母, 花格贝母, 小貝母, 珠雞斑貝母, 蛇頭貝母, 阿尔泰贝母, 阿爾泰貝母
- Croatian
- Obična kockavica
- Czech
- Řebčík kostkovaný
- Danish
- Almindelig Vibeæg
- Dutch
- Kievitsbloem, Wilde kievitsbloem, Fritellaria
- English
- Chequered lily, Chequered daffodil, Chess flower, Drooping tulip, Fritillary, Frog-cup, Guinea flower, Guinea-hen flower
- Estonian
- Kirju püvilill
- Finnish
- Kirjopikarililja
- French
- Fritillaire pintade, Fritillaire, Fritillaire damier, Oeuf de pintade, Œuf de pintade
- German
- Schachblume, Gemeine Schachblume, Kiebitzei, Schachbrettblume
- hsb
- Wšědna woknješička, Woknate róže
- Hungarian
- Mocsári kockásliliom, Kockásliliom, Kotuliliom
- Icelandic
- Vepjulilja
- Japanese
- フリチラリア・メレアグリス, コバンユリ
- Kazakh
- Кіші сепкілгүл
- Latvian
- Rūtainā fritilārija
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji margutė
- Malayalam
- ഫ്രിട്ടില്ലേറിയ മെലിയാഗ്രീസ്
- nds
- Kieftsbloeme
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rutelilje
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Rutelilje
- Persian
- لاله واژگون کلهماری
- Polish
- Szachownica kostkowata
- Romanian
- Lalea pestriță, Laleaua pestriţă, Laleaua Pestriță, Lalea pestriţă
- Russian
- Рябчик шахматный
- Slovak
- Korunka kockovaná
- Slovenian
- Močvirska logarica, Močvirski tulipan
- Spanish
- F meleagris, F. meleagris
- Swedish
- Kungsängslilja, Damspelslilja
- Ukrainian
- Рябчик великий, Рябчик шаховий
- Welsh
- Britheg
- Western Frisian
- Wylde ljippeblom
Synonyms
- Fritillaria contorta Baker
- Fritillaria graminifolia Stokes
- Fritillaria lutea Rchb.
- Fritillaria major Baker
- Fritillaria meleagris subsp. meleagris
- Fritillaria meleagris var. contorta (Baker) W.Mill.
- Fritillaria montana Sanguin.
- Fritillaria pallida Salisb.
- Fritillaria praecox K.Koch
- Fritillaria tesselata Salisb.
- Fritillaria tesselata var. alba Gray
- Fritillaria tesselata var. lutea Gray
- Fritillaria tesselata var. multiflora Gray
- Fritillaria tesselata var. serotina Gray
- Lilium meleagris (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 1,054 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ondřej Křivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Berardozzi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Юрий Щукин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: valenting, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yerpo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Satohan, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Olga Cherkasova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sheelagh Halsey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.