Fritillaria meleagroides is a Eurasian species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to Xinjiang, Russia (Altay Krai, Western Siberia Krai, European Russia, North Caucasus), Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Bulgaria.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Fritillaria meleagroides is a bulb-producing perennial up to 40 cm tall. The leaves are linear, alternate, up to 15 cm long. The flowers are nodding (hanging), bell-shaped, dark purple or brownish-purple.Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 128 额敏贝母 e min bei mu Fritillaria meleagroides Patrin ex Schultes & J. H. Schultes Schultes, Julius Hermann . 1829 Systema Vegetabilium 7(1): 395 in Latin
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Шахматовидна ведрица, малка ведрица Fritillaria meleagroides Patrin ex Schultes fil., Природозащитен статут. Критично застрашен description in Bulgarian, Bulgarian distribution map, color painting of Fritillaria meleagroides in bloom Redbook Ukraine, Рябчик малый Fritillaria meleagroides Patrin ex Schult. et Schult.f. description in Ukrainian, Ukrainian distribution map, color photos of Fritillaria meleagroides in bloom Pacific Bulb Society, Miscellaneous Fritillaria photos of several species including Fritillaria meleagroides