Plants : LiliaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Leucojum aestivum L.

Summer Snowflake

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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.