Leucojum aestivum

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Family:AMARYLLIDACEAE
Species:Leucojum aestivum L.
Common Name:Summer Snowflake; Giant Snowflake
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:LEAE
Plant Notes:Summer Snowflake is an introduced perennial in the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). It is native to central and southern Europe. Summer Snowflake is widely cultivated in Alabama and has been collected as an escape primarily in the southern and western counties of the state. Summer Snowflake occurs on roadsides, in pastures, around old home sites, and on vacant lots. It is a perennial from a bulb. The leaves are linear, entire, and dark green in color. The leaves are well developed at flowering. The flowers are produced on a hollow, compressed scape. There is a solitary bract that encloses the developing flowers. Flowers are campanulate, nodding, with 6 white tepals. Each tepal has a bright green spot near its apex. The fruit is a capsule with wedge-shaped corky black seed. Summer Snowflake often produces fruit, but seed rarely develop in Alabama. Its distribution seems to result from humans intentionally or accidentally moving the bulbs around. Bulbs are readily available from nurseries specializing in bulbs or heirloom plants. They prefer a well-draining soil rich in organic matter. Plants flower best when they receive full sun for at least a portion of the day.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyAMARYLLIDACEAE - Amaryllis family
Genus Leucojum
Species Leucojum aestivum L. - Summer Snowflake; Giant Snowflake

Citation

Citation Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 975. 1759.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data, (lectotype: LINN 410.2). Lectotypified by Ferrer-Gallego & Crespo, Taxon 65(4): 868. 2016.

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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert, Conecuh, Covington, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Lawrence, Lee, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1962 - 1966

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
ALNHS00002727 Colbert 3 Apr 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1317		 ALNHS
Leucojum aestivum var. aestivum 'Gravetye Giant' L.
AMAL00007296 Morgan 13 Apr 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11720		 AMAL
Leucojum aestivum L. ssp. aestivum
UNA00061215 Morgan 13 Apr 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11720		 UNA
Leucojum aestivum L.
UWAL0004713 Hale 03 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3312		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
AMAL00014059 Sumter 18 Mar 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4062		 AMAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
UNA00007493 Mobile 16 Mar 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
D835		 UNA
Leucojum aestivum L.
UWAL0015572 Lawrence 19 Apr 2014 England, J. Kevin
4799		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
AMAL00004515 Lawrence 19 Apr 2014 England, J. Kevin
4799		 AMAL
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
TROY000046114 Wilcox 22 Feb 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28062		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
AUA000027447 Perry 12 Mar 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6333		 AUA
Leucojum Aestivum L.
TROY000048687 Autauga 02 Mar 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1533		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
UWAL0039715 Wilcox 22 Feb 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28061		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
UWAL0016058 Elmore 09 Mar 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24820		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
UWAL0004712 Greene 15 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3380		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
TROY000044596 Geneva 23 Mar 2017 Byrd, Cameron
789		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
UNA00068835 Washington 03 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3329		 UNA
Leucojum aestivum L.
UWAL0004714 Marengo 04 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1646		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
UNA00070491 Monroe 01 Mar 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-49		 UNA
Leucojum aestivum L.
SAMF0000672 Tuscaloosa 16 Mar 1983 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2351		 SAMF
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
TROY000026314 Morgan 13 Apr 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11720		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus var. aestivum
UWAL0011307 Bullock 02 Feb 2012 Dykes, Bailee
285		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
TROY000026029 Washington 03 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3329		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
UWAL0046401 Autauga 02 Mar 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1533		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
UWAL0010901 Conecuh 04 Feb 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22798		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
UWAL0004711 Clarke 22 Feb 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5049		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
UNA00068685 Greene 15 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3380		 UNA
Leucojum aestivum L.
UWAL0004717 Washington 03 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3329		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
AMAL00014415 Greene 15 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3380		 AMAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
UWAL0010496 Perry 12 Mar 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6333		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
UNA00007497 Escambia 27 Feb 1962 Findley, Davis
2		 UNA
Leucojum aestivum L.
UWAL0010760 Covington 04 Feb 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22799		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
TROY000039055 Elmore 09 Mar 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24820		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
AUA000027444 Macon 10 Apr 1971 James, Audrey
047		 AUA
Leucojum Aestivum L.
TROY000038270 Montgomery 10 Feb 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23737		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
UWAL0004716 Sumter 01 Apr 1941 Spieth, Alda M.
s.n.		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
AMAL00017150 Clarke 22 Feb 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5049		 AMAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
UWAL0004715 Sumter 18 Mar 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4062		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
ALNHS00001787 Dallas 04 Mar 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-661		 ALNHS
Leucojum aestivum L.
UNA00066972 Hale 03 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3312		 UNA
Leucojum aestivum L.
AUA000040924 Lee 28 Feb 2017 Taylor, Chris T.
CSP-409		 AUA
Leucojum Aestivum L.
AUA000028664 Clarke 22 Feb 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5049		 AUA
Leucojum Aestivum L.
TROY000035065 Bullock 02 Feb 2012 Dykes, Bailee
285		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
TROY000028902 Sumter 18 Mar 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4062		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
AUA000027443 Choctaw 3 Mar 1995 Crouch, Virginia E.
1306		 AUA
Leucojum Aestivum L.
TROY000026313 Hale 03 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3312		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
UWAL0049329 Bullock 09 Mar 2017 Horne, Howard E.
3696		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
AMAL00014276 Montgomery 10 Mar 2008 Barger, T. Wayne
24		 AMAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
AUA000042048 Colbert 3 Apr 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP1317		 AUA
Leucojum Aestivum L. Var. Aestivum
TROY000028662 Marengo 04 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1646		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
AUA000027445 Greene 15 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3380		 AUA
Leucojum Aestivum L.
TROY000047664 Autauga 14 Mar 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
457		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
UNA00068765 Sumter 18 Mar 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4062		 UNA
Leucojum aestivum L.
UWAL0012397 Montgomery 10 Feb 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23737		 UWAL
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
AMAL00013407 Hale 03 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3312		 AMAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
UNA00007497 Escambia 27 Feb 1962 Findley, Davis
2		 UNA
Leucojum aestivum L.
TROY000028697 Clarke 22 Feb 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5049		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
ALNHS00001051 Clarke 16 Feb 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#358		 ALNHS
Leucojum aestivum L.
AUA000027446 Dallas 4 Mar 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
OC661		 AUA
Leucojum Aestivum L.
TROY000037444 Perry 12 Mar 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6333		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
AUA000027987 Sumter 18 Mar 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4062		 AUA
Leucojum Aestivum L.
TROY000033269 Montgomery 18 Mar 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21184		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
TROY000014727 Greene 15 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3380		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
AMAL00014067 Washington 03 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3329		 AMAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
TROY000033208 Butler 20 Mar 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21200		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linnaeus
AMAL00019577 Monroe 01 Mar 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
49		 AMAL
Leucojum aestivum L.
TROY000045563 Lawrence 19 Apr 2014 England, J. Kevin
4799		 TROY
Leucojum aestivum Linneus
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