Martagon lily, pick with your eyes only.

The martagon lily is an icon of the fresh woody slopes and dœs not go unnoticed, reaching one metre in height. At maturity (June-July) its large pink-violet flowers with purple spots have six large hanging stamens, crowned by six rolled up tepals (undifferentiated petals and sepals). Butterflies and other insects gather its pollen with their heads “upside down”. It is said that the alchemists who used this plant, under the aegis of the God Mars, gave this lily the name of martagon.