Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil.
Genus
Leucojum L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Leucojum aestivum L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 975 (1759)
Vernacular Name(s):
Giant spring snowflake
 Description

Bulb ovoid, c. 2.5 cm diam. Leaves 3–6, c. = scape, 8–15 mm wide, linear-lorate, bright green. Scape 30–60 cm high, hollow, ± compressed. Flowers (1–2) - 3–7, 1.5–2 cm long, < 1.5 cm diam,. campanulate, white with green-tipped segments; spathe 3–5 cm long, green at apex. Capsule almost globose. Seeds black.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Jul.–Oct.

 Bibliography
Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. 1994: Bulbs for New Zealand Gardens. Godwit Press, Auckland.
Linnaeus, C. von 1759: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae :secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Vol. 2. Edition 10. Stockholm.