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Green-leaved Snowdrop - Galanthus woronowii

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Green-leaved Snowdrop Green-leaved Snowdrop - Galanthus woronowii dylan Horfield Parish Churchyard 16 Feb 2024, 2:05 a.m. 14 Mar 2023, 6:02 p.m.
Green-leaved Snowdrop Green-leaved Snowdrop - Galanthus woronowii dylan Horfield Parish Churchyard 16 Feb 2024, 2:05 a.m. 14 Mar 2023, 5:53 p.m.
Green-leaved Snowdrop Green-leaved Snowdrop - Galanthus woronowii dylan Horfield Parish Churchyard 16 Feb 2024, 2:05 a.m. 14 Mar 2023, 6:01 p.m.
Green-leaved Snowdrop Green-leaved Snowdrop - Galanthus woronowii dylan Horfield Parish Churchyard 16 Feb 2024, 2:05 a.m. 14 Mar 2023, 6:02 p.m.
Green-leaved Snowdrop Green-leaved Snowdrop - Galanthus woronowii dylan Horfield Parish Churchyard 16 Feb 2024, 2:05 a.m. 14 Mar 2023, 6:02 p.m.
Green-leaved Snowdrop Green-leaved Snowdrop - Galanthus woronowii dylan Horfield Parish Churchyard 16 Feb 2024, 2:05 a.m. 14 Mar 2023, 6:02 p.m.

Species Description

Widespread and scattered throughout the UK. Other names include: Green Snowdrop.

Stace 4:

Galanthus woronowii Losinsk. (G. ikariae auct. non Baker, G. latifolius auct. non Rupr. nec Salisb.) - Green-leaved Snowdrop.

Stems to 20cm; leaves 5-20 x 0.8-2cm at flowering, inrolled, hooded at apex, linear-oblanceolate, wholly bright green; outer tepals 16-26mm; inner tepals 7-13mm, with green patch at apex only; (2n=24). Neophyte-naturalised; grassy and marginal places; scattered in Britain and Isle of Man; Aegean.

Key:

Leaf upperside clear green, not glaucous

Useful Links:

Naturespot

Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

Kew

GBIF

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