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Summer snowflake - Graverye Giant

Leucojum aestivum

Photo by Nicholas4
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Field Notes

Description:

Very pretty white with yellow stamen. The snowflakes are native to central and southern Europe, from the Pyrenées to Romania and western Russia, but they have been introduced and have naturalized in many other areas, including the east coast of North America. They have narrow, strap-like, dark green leaves. The flowers are small and bell-shaped, white with a green (or occasionally yellow) spot at the end of each tepal. They have a slight fragrance.

Habitat:

Garden at the American History Museum, DC

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PublishedApril 23, 2013

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