GALANTHUS NIVALIS
Author:
Carl Linnaeus, 1753
Family:
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Origin:
Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
Elevation:
Publisher:
Sp. Pl.: 288 (1753)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
1,5 Centimetres
Height:
12 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Bulbs
CITES:
Synonyms:
Chianthemum nivale, Kuntze.
Galanthus imperati, Bertol.
Galanthus montanus, Schur.
Galanthus nivalis var. carpaticus, S.S.Fodor.
Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus, P.D.Sell.
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Galanthus nivalis var. scharlockii, Casp.
Galanthus scharlokii, Baker.
Galanthus umbricus, Dammann.
This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is found in West-, Central-, and South Europe, growing in the forests in drained peat. Lots of water and little sun. The white flowers starts in late January, and it can be reproduced both by seeds and bulbs.
The genera name means 'milk-flower'. The species name means 'snowy white'. The fruit.
Flower
White
Soil
Rich - Mix
Water
Maximum
Sun
Minimum