Fritillaria meleagris is a Eurasian species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae. Its common names include snake's head fritillary, snake's head, chess flower, frog-cup, guinea-hen flower, guinea flower, leper lily, Lazarus bell, chequered lily, chequered daffodil, drooping tulip or, in the British Isles, simply fritillary. The plant is a bulbous perennial native to the flood river plains of Europe where it grows in abundance.
Fritillaria meleagris
Botanical garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
At Magdalen College, Oxford
At Audubon's marsh, West France
Magdalen College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete. It is one of the wealthiest Oxford colleges, as of 2022, and one of the strongest academically, setting the record for the highest Norrington Score in 2010 and topping the table twice since then. It is home to several of the university's distinguished chairs, including the Agnelli-Serena Professorship, the Sherardian Professorship, and the four Waynflete Professorships.
The Cloister and Founders’ Tower
The Expulsion of the Fellows, 1687 by Joseph Tonneau (1884).
View across the Cloister. The far side is the hall (left) and chapel, behind is the Great Tower.
The interior of the chapel, showing Wyatt's plaster roof