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Saturday 25 January 2014

Snake's Head Flower

Snake’s Head (Fritillaria meleagris) – A species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae. Its other common names include chess flower, frog-cup, guinea-hen flower, leper lily (because its shape resembled the bell once carried by lepers), Lazarus bell, checkered lily or, in northern Europe.

 

Bleeding Heart Flower

Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos) A species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae, native to Siberia, northern China, Korea and Japan.  It is valued in gardens and in floristry for its heart-shaped pink and white flowers (that are poisonous). It is also known as “lady-in-a-bath”