Amaryllidaceae
Giant snowdrop
Galanthus elwesii
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Galanthus
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Galanthus elwesiiAmaryllidaceae
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- دميكة إلويس
- Armenian
- Էլվիսի ձնծաղիկ
- arz
- جالانتوس الويسى
- Belarusian
- Падснежнік Эльвеза
- Bulgarian
- Елвезиево кокиче
- Chinese
- 大雪滴花
- Czech
- Sněženka Elwésova
- Dutch
- Groot sneeuwklokje
- English
- Giant snowdrop, Snowdrop
- Estonian
- Suureõieline lumikelluke
- Finnish
- Tähtilumikello
- German
- Elwes-Schneeglöckchen
- Greek
- Γάλανθος του Έλβες
- Hungarian
- Pompás hóvirág
- Macedonian
- Елвезиево кокиче
- Malayalam
- ഗാലന്തസ് എൽവേസി
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Tyrkiasnøklokke
- Russian
- Подснежник Элвиса
- Swedish
- Turkisk snödroppe
- Turkish
- Kardelen
- Ukrainian
- Підсніжник південний, Підсніжник Ельвеза
- Welsh
- Eirlys Elwes
Synonyms
- Chianthemum elwesii (Hook.f.) Kuntze
- Galanthus bulgaricus Velen.
- Galanthus elwesii subsp. maximus (Velen.) Kožuharov & N.Andreev
- Galanthus elwesii var. maximus (Velen.) Beck
- Galanthus elwesii var. robustus Baker
- Galanthus elwesii var. whittallii S.Arn. ex Moon
- Galanthus globosus Wilks
- Galanthus graecus f. maximus Zahar.
- Galanthus graecus var. maximus Hayek
- Galanthus maximus Velen
- Galanthus nivalis subsp. elwesii (Hook.f.) Gottl.-Tann.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.