page_title: Fritillaria
section_title: Popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: Fritillaria / Popular culture
caption_attribution_description: Das Gemeindewappen - Entstehung und Beschreibung Das Wappen der Gemeinde Großsteinbach – In einem blauen Schild mit silbernem gezinnten und gequaderten Schildfuß eine von Silber und Rot geschachte schwebende Glockenblume – wurde am 18. September 1966 von der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung verliehen. Das Wappen symbolisiert das Vergangene und das Ewige. Die Zinnenmauer nimmt Bezug auf einen Bericht im Herbersteiner Hand-Urbar (Grundbuch) von 1605, der besagt, daß im Gemeindegebiet einst ein Schlößl gestanden haben soll: "Ein abgeördetes Hölzl liegt im Steinbach, genannte Hausgraben, herinnerhalb der Kirchn, da etwan ein Schlößl gestanden." Das Ewige wird durch die Schachblume dargestellt, eine seltene eiszeitliche Glockenblume, die streng geschützt ist und in der Steiermark nur im Gebiet von Großsteinbach vorkommt.
context_page_description: Fritillaria is a genus of spring flowering herbaceous bulbous perennial plants in the lily family. The type species, Fritillaria meleagris, was first described in Europe in 1571, while other species from the Middle East and Asia were also introduced to Europe at that time. The genus has about 130–140 species divided among eight subgenera. The flowers are usually solitary, nodding and bell-shaped with bulbs that have fleshy scales, resembling those of lilies. They are known for their large genome size and genetically are very closely related to lilies. They are native to the temperate regions of the Northern hemisphere, from the Mediterranean and North Africa through Eurasia and southwest Asia to western North America. Many are endangered due to enthusiastic picking.
  The name Fritillaria is thought to refer to the checkered pattern of F. meleagris, resembling a box in which dice were carried. Fritillaries are commercially important in horticulture as ornamental garden plants and also in traditional Chinese medicine, which is also endangering some species. Fritillaria flowers have been popular subjects for artists to depict and as emblems of regions and organizations.
context_section_description: Shakespeare, Matthew Arnold and George Herbert and more recently Vita Sackville-West (The Land 1927) wrote romantically about fritillaries. Fritillaries were also a favourite of the Dutch flower painters that emerged around 1600, such as Ambrosius Bosschaert and Jacob de Gheyn II, and appeared in Italian art, such as that of Jacopo Ligozzi in the late sixteenth century.
  Fritillaries are commonly used as floral emblems. F. meleagris (snake's head fritillary) is the county flower of Oxfordshire, UK, and the provincial flower of Uppland, Sweden, where it is known as kungsängslilja ("Kungsängen lily"). In Germany, F. meleagris appears as a heraldic device in a number of municipalities, such as Hetlingen, Seestermühe and Winseldorf, and also in Austria (Großsteinbach). 
  In Croatia this species is known as kockavica, and the checkerboard pattern of its flowers may have inspired the šahovnica pattern on the nation's coat of arms. F. camschatcensis (Kamchatka fritillary) is the floral emblem of Ishikawa Prefecture and Obihiro City in Japan. Its Japanese name is kuroyuri (クロユリ), meaning "dark lily". Fritillaria montana is the floral emblem of Giardino Botanico Alpino di Pietra Corva, a botanical garden in Italy.
caption: Coat of arms of Großsteinbach, Austria
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