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A bulb often flowering in late winter (Galanthus nivalis) native to Europe and W Asia; leaves strap-shaped, very narrow, bluish-green; flowers on long stalks, solitary, drooping, white; three outer perianth-segments spreading; three inner smaller, with green spot at base of apical notch. (Family: Amaryllidaceae.)

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Common Snowdrop
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Amaryllidaceae Genus: Galanthus L.
Species
Galanthus x allenii G. woronowii

The Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) is the best-known representative of a small genus of about 20 species in the family Amaryllidaceae that are among the first bulbs to bloom in spring.

Other notable species:

Crimean snowdrop, Galanthus plicatus, 30 cm tall, flowering January/March, white flowers, with broad leaves folded back at the edges Giant snowdrop, Galanthus elwesii, a native of the Levant, 23 cm tall, flowering January/February, with large flowers, the three inner segments of which often have a much larger and more conspicuous green blotch (or blotches) than the more common kinds.

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It was suggested by Duvoisin in 1983 that the mysterious magical herb moly that appears in Homer's Odyssey is actually snowdrop. pleniflorus 'Pusey Green Tip' - with small green tips to the outer segments

Gallery

Illustration of Common Snowdrop from Thomé	Snowdrops in England in January	Snowdrops growing in a cluster	Galanthus elwesii
Snowdrop (Sweden)