Leucojum aestivum

Summer snowflake
Summer snowflake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Leucojum
Species: L. aestivum
Binomial name
Leucojum aestivum
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Nivaria aestivalis Moench
  • Nivaria monadelphia Medik.
  • Polyanthemum aestivale (Moench) Bubani

Leucojum aestivum, commonly called summer snowflake, is a plant species widely cultivated as an ornamental. It is native to most of Europe from Spain and Ireland to Ukraine, with the exception of Scandinavia, Russia, Belarus and the Baltic Republics. It is also considered native to Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus. It is naturalized in Denmark, South Australia, New South Wales, Nova Scotia and much of the eastern United States.[2][3]

Leucojum aestivum is a perennial herb up to 60 cm tall. It has bulbs up to 4 cm across. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 70 cm long. Flowers are nodding, up to 7 per umbel; tepals white with a yellow-green spot near the tip.[2][4]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 975.
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