Fritillaria camschatcensis is a species of fritillary

Fritillary

Fritillaria is a genus of about 100 species of bulbous plants in the family Liliaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name is derived from the Latin term for a dice-box , and probably refers to the checkered pattern, frequently of chocolate-brown and greenish yellow,...

 native to northeastern Asia, including northern Japan, Kamchatka, and eastern Siberia, western North America from Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

 to Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

. It has many common names, typically Kamchatka Fritillary or Kamchatka Lily.

It is also called Rice Lily, Northern Rice-root, or (misleadingly) "Indian rice" or "wild rice

Wild rice

Wild rice is four species of grasses forming the genus Zizania, and the grain which can be harvested from them. The grain was historically gathered and eaten in both North America and China...

", 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.

Yet another vernacular name is "chocolate lily" because of its brown color, but that term is also applied to Fritillaria biflora

Fritillaria biflora

Fritillaria biflora is a species of fritillary endemic to western California in the chaparral and woodlands ecoregion, in serpentine soil formations and hillside grassland habitats....

(in California) or to the distantly related Arthropodium strictum

Arthropodium strictum

Dichopogon 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.