Chocolate lily
Encyclopedia
Chocolate lily refers to any of a number of flowering plant
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Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
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Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
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- Arthropodium strictumArthropodium strictumDichopogon strictus is a species of herbaceous perennial plants native to the Southern Hemisphere. It common name comes from the fact that its smell resembles the smell of chocolate. It should not be confused with Fritillaria biflora or the Kamchatka Fritillary Dichopogon strictus (Arthropodium...
, whose flowers smell of chocolate - Fritillaria bifloraFritillaria bifloraFritillaria biflora is a species of fritillary endemic to western California in the chaparral and woodlands ecoregion, in serpentine soil formations and hillside grassland habitats....
, with chocolate-brown flowers, in California - Fritillaria camschatcensisFritillaria camschatcensisFritillaria camschatcensis is a species of fritillary native to northeastern Asia, including northern Japan, Kamchatka, and eastern Siberia, western North America from Alaska to Oregon...
(Kamchatka Fritillary), with chocolate-brown flowers, in Alaska - Fritillaria lanceolata, also called Rice-root, from western North America