Spring snowflake

Family Amaryllidaceae. Occurs naturally on the edges of montane beech forests of Central Europe, including the Carpathians.

Bulbous perennial up to 20 cm tall. Bulb ovoid up to 2 cm in diameter. Leaves broad-lanceolate up to 25 cm long, 1.2 cm wide. Flower stalks up to 30 cm long. Flowers solitary or paired, on long pedicels, with a bract at the base, white, nodding, with a pleasant scent. Petals with green or yellow tips. Blooms from April for 20-30 days. Fruit - a fleshy, nearly globular three-chambered capsule. In cultivation since 1420. It has cultivars, for example Carpaticum (Carpaticum), larger than the wild form, and with yellow spots on the petals.