Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Leucojum L. [458]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Snowflake

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Amaryllidaceae

family_ja: ヒガンバナ

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distribution_en: Eur. to Morocco, Iran

description_en: Genus of about 10 species of mainly spring- or autumn-flowering, bulbous perennials from a variety of habitats, including woodland, shaded hillsides, wet sites, dunes, rocky grassland, and scrub, from W. Europe to the Middle East and N. Africa. They are related and similar to snowdrops (Galanthus), with usually 1 or 2, occasionally up to 8 flowers per stem, but the nodding or pendent, bell-shaped, usually white, sometimes pink flowers have 6 equal segments. Leaves are basal and strap-shaped to linear, or occasionally narrowly cylindrical. Small species are suitable for a rock garden, alpine house, or bulb frame, while larger species such as L. aestivum and L. vernum are excellent in a border, near water, or naturalized in grass.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in autumn, or remove offsets once the leaves have died down.

pests_en: Prone to slugs and narcissus bulb fly.

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comment_ja: スズランズイセン(スノーフレーク＝snowflake)

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20

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