by Dr. F. Alice LeDuc
I remember the first time my sister told me about the fritillarias around Trail where she lived. I had only seen the cultivated species, mainly Fritillaria imperialis, the Crown Imperial Fritillaria. I fact that I still remember today is the remarkable fetid odor, worse that skunk spray. Few plants have this distinction of fowl smelling flowers. The odor is to attract pollinators. They have to be very special insects…
