| Plants : Liliaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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| Leucojum aestivum |
Description: This handsome plant resembles a huge snowdrop but flowers in April (not the summer, despite its common name!).
It grows in very wet swampy woodland around Lough Neagh where it may be native.
All names: Leucojum aestivum L.; Leucojum pulchellum L.
Distribution Map from NBN: Leucojum aestivum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Leucojum aestivum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Leucojum aestivum. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2252. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |