Spring Snowflake Flower, Leucojum vernum

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Spring Snowflake Flower

Amaryllidaceae
Leucojum vernum

gardengeek

Flower Petal # 6

Main Color

Color 2

Type	Categories	Useful Parts
Herb

Amaryllidaceae Family

Leucojum Genus

Location

This specimen was found in Utah.The spring and summer snoflakes are native to southern Europe, Romania and western Russia, but they have been naturalized in many other areas, including North America.

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General Information

These flowers are usually some of the first to bloom in spring, and can even bloom all winter long out of the snow.
The Spring Snowflake is a white monocot flower with tinges of green near the tips of the petals. There are six petals. The stem of the flower slowly unzips releasing a new bud every few days that opens up into a little hanging snowflake.
The Spring Snowflake can be confused with:
Lily of the Valley Herb Flower, White Snowdrop Flower, Acis.
Leucojum vernum - Spring Snowflake
Leucojum aestivum - Summer Snowflake
Galanthus nivalis - White Snowdrop Flower
Amaryllis family
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Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Galanthus
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Comment: Spring Snowflake Flower, Leucojum vernum

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gardengeek

April 23, 2009

White Snowdrop

artatom100

April 21, 2009

Looks like a Lily of the Valley Herb, (Convallaria majalis)
Was believed to restore speech and memory (from the head-clearing effect of inhaling the snuff of he roots and flowers).

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