Fritillaria camschatcensis

Connoisseurs' bulb.

The Chocolate Lily is a showy bulb with sturdy stems clothed in lance-shaped, glossy deep-green leaves. They are campanulate, brown-blackish blooms. These are borne in multiples at the stem tips with as many as 20 flowers some say, opening in rapid succession until all are open. I fear our introductions were all a bit more sedate but they stll put on a good show. It grows to 20-30 cm. The easiest of Fritillaries to grow in the garden especially since it just spreads itself around by seeding. Light woodland or a sunnier spot.

Obviuosly from Kamschatka in Russia but it is a pan global species found in Asia including Japan, and North America

Whole flower in all its glory elsewhere. sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Laval University, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Laval University, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons