Fritillaria atropurpurea

Fritillaria atropurpurea, is known as spotted or purple fritillary or spotted mountainbells or missionbells, or leopard lily. It is a western US native bulb with small, pendulous, bell-shaped, creamy-yellow flowers with variable dark purple-brown spots. The flowers are borne singly or in clusters on slender, erect stems with linear, pointed leaves. The blossoms give way to green capsules. Both bulbs and fruiting capsules are edible and still consumed by western First Nations people. Grows 4-24 inches tall. Charming in groupings under trees and shrubs. Pollinator attractor. It is a near-native to Canada reaching only close to the Oregon/Washington border in the West but coming close to Alberta and Manitoba across the Prairies and so, ecologically speaking, would be a relevant addition to native plant gardens. Possibly hardy to zone 3.