Snowdrop
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.
| Snowdrop | |
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| Galanthus nivalis common snowdrop | |
Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Galanthus |
| Type species | |
| Galanthus nivalis | |
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Snowdrop Media
Distribution map of Galanthus species in Europe and Western Asia
G. nivalis from John Gerard's Herball, 1597
The three different forms of leaf shoots from the bulb: flat (applanate), folded (explicative) rolled up (convolute) (left to right)
Snowdrop (Galanthus elwesii)
Galanthus nivalis 'Viridapice'
Snowdrop carpet at Bank Hall, Bretherton, Lancashire in February 2009
