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Leucojum aestivum

Heretaunga, Upper Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 17/06/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Heretaunga, Upper Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 17/06/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Heretaunga, Upper Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 17/06/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Leucojum aestivum.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Leucojum aestivum.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

snowflake, snowdrop

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Monocots

Flower colours

Green, White

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Authority

Leucojum aestivum L.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1953

Origin

Europe

Other information

Etymology

aestivum: From the Latin aestes ‘summer’