- Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ...

The Guinea hen flower produce seeds that can be scattered around and forgotten about.

Checkered lily is a plant that is associated with objectionable common names. Would you go out of your way to purchase a plant named Snake's Head Fritillary or a Guinea-hen Flower?

Also known as guinea-hen flower, snake’s head or checkered lily, its primary colors are purple or cream, but with the checkered overlay, effects of reddish brown or mottled gray are produced.