Galanthus elwesiiHook.f. var. elwesii Greater snowdrop

Galanthus elwesiiHook.f. var. elwesii - Greater snowdrop

Scientific Description:

Bulb subglobose to ovoid, 2−3.5 × 1.5−2.5 cm. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate, supervolute in bud, (7.5−)12−20(−32) × (0.6−)1.3−2.5(−3) cm at anthesis, to 36 × 3.2 cm and upright at maturity, sometimes twisted, apex obtuse, cucullate, glaucous. Scape 12−28 cm. Outer perianth segments convex, elliptic to broadly obovate, 20−27 × (9−)12−19 mm, inner segments flat, not flared at apex, narrowly oblong-ovate, 10−15 × 5−8 mm, with separate green patches at base and apex, sometimes joined in centre. Filaments 1 mm, anthers 5−6 mm. Capsule broadly ellipsoid to globose, 10−20 × 10−20 mm.

Flowering time: (December−)February−April.

Habitat: Open phrygana or rocky areas in leaf-mould among Pinus L. and Juniperus L. forest, 900−1800 m.

 

Reference:
Brickell CD (1984). Galanthus elwesii Hooker fil., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 8: 368.

Public Description:

Galanthus elwesii var. elwesii, commonly known as “greater snowdrop”, spreads naturally in Türkiye, the north-east of Greece, Bulgaria, Aegean Islands and Southern Ukraine. It is a herbaceous, perennial, bulbous plant that grows to about 25 cm high with globose, white, drooping flowers. It blooms between December and April, and is found in open phrygana or rocky areas in leaf-mould among Pinus L. and Juniperus L. forest. It is one of the most preferred garden plants in the world and one of two snowdrops exported from Turkey

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2017). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galanthus_elwesii,Accessed date: 27.08.2017.

Yüzbaşıoğlu İS (2012).  Galanthus L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 44–45.