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What's this Plant?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Automatic identification via PlantNet summary

Most likely match: Leucojum aestivum L.

Common name Scientific name Likeliness
Summer snowflake Leucojum aestivum 53.24 %
Spring snowflake Leucojum vernum 1.30 %
/ Chlorophytum tuberosum 0.49 %

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I concur with the bot. It’s definitely a leucojum, not a galanthus (aka snowdrop). The flowers are more rounded and circular in leucojum and they can often branch on one stem. Snowdrops have more separated, oblong petals, and only one flower per stem.

Here is a good article (with dissected blooms) to help differentiate between these two early spring beauties! https://www.morrisarboretum.org/blog/snowflakes-vs-snowdrops-pendulous-beauties-early-spring

Happy spring!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Very nice article! Thanks :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Happy to help!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The thing that article calls snowflake/leucojum is commonly called a Snowdrop in Australia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Interesting! I always use the Latin when talking plants for that reason. Common names can get so confusing. I had no idea they even called them “snowflake” here in the US - they have always been leucojum to me!