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(First upload on May 13 2015. Last on March 23 2020) [ 日本語 | English ]

Galanthus L. (マツユキソウ) Matsuyukisou (マツユキソウ, 待雪草), nowdrop or common snowdrop Do not be confused with Oomatsuyukisou (オオマツユキソウ, Leucojum vernum L.) Lifeform: perennial forb, reproduced by bulbs Distribution: native between the South Europe and the Caucasus (exotic to Japan) Habitat: spring ephemeral in the original sites, woods, thickets, hedgebanks, meadows, etc. Use: gardening (high cold tolerance) → escaped

var. vernum: with green spots on its tepals var. carpathicum Sims: originating from the eastern part of its natural range, a larger plant with yellowish spots on its tepals f. pleniflorus P. D. Sell (ヤエマツユキソウ*): double-flowered (* tentative translation)

Galanthus nivalis in Hokkaido

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[1-3] under a street tree close to Fuji Women's University, North Ward, Sapporo, on April 1 2015. Records: at the same location, flowering on March 30 2023. [4/5] escaped from elsewhere to a forest near GSEES on April 16 2019.

f. pleniflorus (ヤエマツユキソウ)

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[1-3] along a road in N24/W3, North Ward, Sapporo, on March 14 2020.