Snowdrop
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The snowdrop is Galanthus, a genus of small herbaceous plants. There are about 20 species in this genus. They have two swordlike leaves and a small white bell-like drooping flower.
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| Galanthus nivalis common snowdrop | |
Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Galanthus |
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| Galanthus nivalis | |
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Galanthus nivalis: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885
Snowdrop Media
- Distribution of the galanthus species.png
Distribution map of Galanthus species in Europe and Western Asia
- Leucojum bulbosum praecox Gerard.jpg
G. nivalis from John Gerard's Herball, 1597
- Galanthus vernation types.jpg
The three different forms of leaf shoots from the bulb: flat (applanate), folded (explicative) rolled up (convolute) (left to right)
- Galanthus elwesii, flower.jpg
Snowdrop (Galanthus elwesii)
- Snowdrop 'Viridi-Apice'.jpg
Galanthus nivalis 'Viridapice'
- Підсніжники в урочищі Холодний Яр.jpeg
- Bank Hall Snowdrops Feb 2009.JPG
Snowdrop carpet at Bank Hall, Bretherton, Lancashire in February 2009
