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Galanthus nivalis L., 1753

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Snowdrop
  • 🇫🇷 Perce-neige, Goutte de lait, Clochette d’hiver, Galanthine, Galanthe des neiges, Galanthe perce-neige

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • Family: Amaryllidaceae
  • Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
  • Tribe: Galantheae
  • Genus: Galanthus
  • Species: Galanthus nivalis

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Europe): NT Near Threatened

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • G. nivalis var. nivalis L., 1753, P;
  • G. nivalis var. scharlockii Casp., 1868.

Hybridizes with:

  • G. plicatus subsp. byzantinus (Baker) D.A.Webb, 1978 to produce G. × valentinei nothosubsp. subplicatus (Zeybek) A.P.Davis, 2001;
  • G. plicatus subsp. plicatus M.Bieb., 1819 to produce G. × valentinei nothosubsp. valentinei Beck, 1894, M.

Photographs

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