# Help in identifying a flower.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-identifying-a-flower/499413>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 11, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-identifying-a-flower/499413 "2009-06-11T03:20:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-identifying-a-flower/499413/1 "2009-06-11T03:20:30Z")

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[Here](http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2256596960098000304NCsPfi)

The yellow drooping flower.  
It is grown in the USA by a person who ordered bulbs (I have no idea why she doesn’t know the name when she ordered it). It is supposed to keep away moles.

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**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-identifying-a-flower/499413/2 "2009-06-11T03:27:19Z")

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That is a [fritillaria](http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Fritillaria/Fritillarialist.shtml). Probably Fritillaria imperialis lutea.

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-identifying-a-flower/499413/3 "2009-06-11T04:01:55Z")

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Wow- thanks for answering so quickly.

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**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-identifying-a-flower/499413/4 "2009-06-11T04:17:25Z")

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You’re welcome, usually I come in late!

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**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-identifying-a-flower/499413/5 "2009-06-11T15:18:17Z")

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Wow, that’s pretty! I’ve never seen or heard of those before.

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**Author:** ![ethelbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-identifying-a-flower/499413/6 "2009-06-11T19:54:22Z")

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I had those in my garden for the first time this year. I basically came to the conclusion that they were not pretty enough to justify the foliage they leave behind which (in my opinion), is not so pretty.