White-flowered form of the Fritillary, a bulbous perennial from the Liliaceae family, native to the wet meadows and riverbanks of temperate Europe, from France to Central and Western Europe. It naturally grows in floodplain meadows, tall herb communities, and fresh pastures, usually in lowland or low altitude areas.
It raises slender, solitary stems 20 to 35 cm tall, bearing a few narrow, linear, glaucous leaves sparsely arranged along the stem. The flower, single or rarely double, is pendulous, bell-shaped, pure white to slightly creamy white, translucent in the light, with a very discreet barely perceptible checkered pattern, a ghost of the characteristic checkerboard of the type species.
In its natural habitat, it blooms from April to May. In cultivation, it generally blooms in April depending on local climatic conditions.
This white form possesses a particularly refined, almost lunar elegance, contrasting with the dark and contrasting character of the type form. It readily naturalizes in fresh meadows and light woodlands, and is suitable for natural-style gardens, pond edges, and cool rock gardens in partial shade.
In cultivation, it requires a fresh to moist soil in winter and spring, well-drained in summer, rich in humus, and a sunny to partially shaded location. The bulbs multiply slowly by offsets and self-seed spontaneously in favorable conditions.