BBC Wildlife Magazine

Now’s the time to see fritillaries

N APRIL AND MAY, ONE OF OUR MOST unusual wildflowers enjoys its moment in the sun. Theflowers. The gently nodding flowers are exquisitely fragile, with a delicate chequered pattern unlike any other plant in Britain – while there are many different fritillaries to be found in south-east Europe, this is our sole native species.

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