Fritillaria camschatcensis

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Fritillaria camschatcensis

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Fritillaria
Species: F. camschatcensis
Binomial name
Fritillaria camschatcensis
(L.) Ker-Gawl.

Fritillaria camschatcensis is a species of fritillary native to western North America from Alaska to Oregon. It has many common names, including Kamchatka lily. It is called chocolate lily because of its brown color. It is sometimes known as Indian rice, wild rice, northern rice root, and rice lily because of the rice-like bulblets that form around its roots. It is also sometimes known as skunk lily, dirty diaper and outhouse lily because of the flower's horrible smell.

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