Flora of North America species comparison

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Galanthus elwesii

giant snowdrop
Habit Plants to 9–15(–20) cm; bulbs 2–3 × 1.5–2 cm.
Leaves

vernation convolute, remaining so within basal sheath;

blade narrowly oblanceolate, 10–30 × 0.5–2.5(–3.5) cm.
Flowers

outer tepals white, elliptic to broadly obovate or nearly orbiculate, 2–2.5 × 1–2 cm;

inner tepals white with green blotch at base and apex, or with green stripe from base to apex, narrowly obovate, 10–12 × (4–)6–7 mm;

anthers 4–6 mm;

ovary 5–8 × 4–5 mm;

style 8–10 mm;

pedicel (1.5–)3–4 cm.
Spathe

3–5 cm.

Galanthus elwesii
Phenology Flowering late winter–spring.
Habitat Roadsides, open forests, abandoned gardens
Elevation 0–300 m (0–1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NY; PA; se Europe; sw Asia (Turkey); expected elsewhere [Introduced in North America]
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 280.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Galanthus
Sibling taxa
G. nivalis
Name authority Hooker f.: Bot. Mag. 101: plate 6166. (1875)
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