Chocolate Lily

Latin: Fritillaria affinis

Photo Credits: Paul Slichter

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Description: The chocolate lily is a wildflower that can grow up to 1 metre tall. Its stem bears up to six lance-shaped leaves. Each plant produces one to five bell-shaped flowers near the top of the stem, spaced at varying intervals. The flowers are dark purple, mottled with greenish-yellow spots.

Harvest and Sustainability: The flower grows in open grassy meadows, rocky bluffs, and open woodlands. They regenerate from bulblets that surround the main mother bulb. The bulblets are harvested in the late spring post flowering. Replant the mother bulb to replenish the bulblets. The mother bulb is not palatable.

Uses: The bulblets are eaten after steamed. They taste similar to rice.