Taxon: Leucojum vernum L.

Genus:

Leucojum

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Amaryllidoideae

Tribe:

Galantheae

Nomen number:

21979

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:289. 1753

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

18-abr-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 18-abr-1997

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Other conspecific taxa:

Leucojum vernum var. carpathicum (0 accessions)

Common names:

spring snowflake (Source: F GB Ire) - English
snöklocka (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Europe

MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland (s.), Switzerland
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Italy (n.), Romania
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain (n.e.)

Cultivated

(also cult.)

Naturalized

(sometimes natzd. elsewhere)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Sell, P. & G. Murrell Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. 1996- (F GB Ire)
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)

Check other web resources for Leucojum vernum L. :

Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=21979. Accessed 12 marzo 2026.