snowbell_(flower)
Leucojum, commonly known as snowbell or snowflake, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. There are only two species, the summer Leucojum aestivum and the spring Leucojum vernum.
Snowbells produce white, nodding, bell-shaped flowers. The flowers are six-petaled with a green or yellow spot at the tip of each petal. Leucojum vernum usually produces one (rarely two) flowers per stem, while Leucojum aestivum produces three, five or seven. Each flower grows on a separate stem called a pedicel, which is attached to the main stem. Each pedicel ends in a distinctive bulb-like outer (inferior) ovary to which the flower is attached.
Not to be confused with ]], which has the same color and spots, and [[lily of the valley, which has the same color and shape. The flowers of the former have three long outer petals and three much shorter inner petals, while the flowers of the latter have no spots and no bulb-like outer ovaries to which the flowers are attached.
h4. Examples
* !asset #21737370: Flowers: Leucojum aestivum
* !asset #21737371: Plant: Leucojum vernum
* !post #679635
* !post #1995714
h4. Non-examples
* !post #7292918: Snowdrop (flower)
* !post #8575949: Snowdrop (flower)
* !post #11520: Lily of the valley
* !post #5891088: Lily of the valley
h4. Other Amaryllidaceae species
* Agapanthus (flower)
* Allium (flower)
* Amaryllis (flower)
* Clivia
* Daffodil
* Nerine (flower)
* Snowdrop (flower)
* Spider lily
h4. External links
* Wikipedia: Leucojum
* Wikipedia: Leucojum aestivum
* Wikipedia: Leucojum vernum
* Wikipedia: Amaryllidaceae