A Eurasian fritillary with flowers chequered in red and purple, typically growing in damp hay meadows and water meadows.
阿尔泰贝母白龟头花，贝母
Fritillaria meleagris, family Liliaceae
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I have tried to grow snake's head fritillaries in the meadow at Brockhole, but I think the soil there is too acidic for them, since they failed to establish.
He said: ‘It is likely that snake's head fritillaries were in the seed bank at Roves Farm and environmentally - friendly farming methods have encouraged the wild plants to return.’
But thousands of people are expected to visit the reserve between now and mid-May to catch a glimpse of the snake's head fritillaries, which flower annually at this time of year.
The reserve is a flower-rich hay meadow with a huge variety of wildflowers, but is most famous for playing host to Britain's largest population of the rare snake's head fritillary.
Here, the dancers adorn their sleeves with purple and yellow ribbons, the colours of a rare local flower, the snake's head fritillary.