Loddon lily
Leucojum aestivum L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- 27 cm
Amaryllidaceae
Also called Summer snowflake, Summer Snowflake
Formerly Nivaria aestivalis, Nivaria monadelphia, Polyanthemum aestivale
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Bulbous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to N. IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 23 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Japanese
- スノーフレーク, オオマツユキソウ, スズランスイセン
- Chinese
- 夏雪片莲
- Azerbaijani
- Yay ağçiçəyi
- Bulgarian
- Лятно блатно кокиче, обикновено блатно кокиче
- Czech
- bledule letní
- Welsh
- eirïaidd yr haf
- German
- Sommer-Knotenblume, Sommertürchen
- Spanish
- campanilla de otoño, campanilla de primavera, campanillas de verano
- Persian
- لکوجوم آئستیوم
- Finnish
- kesälumipisara, Suvikello
- French
- Niveole d'ete, Nivéole d'Eté, Nivéole d'été
- Upper Sorbian
- Lěćolinka, Pózdnja snězyčka
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- 3D model: Leucojum aestivum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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