Liliaceae
Scarlet fritillary
Fritillaria recurva
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Fritillaria
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Scarlet fritillary
- German
- Scharlachrote Fritillarie
- Persian
- لاله واژگون اسکارلت
Synonyms
- Fritillaria coccinea (Greene) Greene
- Fritillaria recurva var. coccinea Greene
- Fritillaria recurva var. recurva
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Curt Kline, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.