Leucojum aestivum

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyAmaryllidaceae
Family (Traditional)Amaryllidaceae
GenusLeucojum
Species:Leucojum aestivum L.
Common NameSummer Snowflake
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: lily-like; Leaf Type: sword-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Pink; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Pistil Number: 1; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 6
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Leucojum hernandezii Leucojum hernandezii Cambess.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Breckinridge (KY), Fulton (KY), Harlan (KY), Lyon (KY), McLean (KY), Oldham (KY), Trigg (KY), Whitley (KY), Franklin (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Lincoln (TN), Montgomery (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Stewart (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, HTTU, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1957 - 2009

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0071263 McLean Kentucky
TENN
Leucojum aestivum
APSC0100164 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Leucojum aestivum
APSC0046165 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Leucojum aestivum
MTSU002951 Lincoln Tennessee 20 Apr 1980 Thelma Askins
 MTSU
Leucojum aestivum
MTSU003076 Rutherford Tennessee 23 Apr 1986 Bill Taylor
 MTSU
Leucojum aestivum
UOS07323 Franklin Tennessee 10 Apr 2006 Mary P. Priestley
 UOS
Leucojum aestivum
SWMT00637 Tennessee 01 Mar 1957 Clara Ann Marmann
 SWMT
Leucojum aestivum
TENN-V-0071259 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Leucojum aestivum
UCHT007394 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Leucojum aestivum
APSC0100155 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Leucojum aestivum
HTTU008183 Tennessee
HTTU
Leucojum aestivum
HTTU001169 White Tennessee
HTTU
Leucojum aestivum
UTM02809 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Leucojum aestivum
APSC0117208 Breckinridge Kentucky
APSC
Leucojum aestivum
APSC0046163 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Leucojum aestivum
UTM00232 Tennessee
UTM
Leucojum aestivum
APSC0046172 Montgomery Tennessee 14 Apr 1984 Edward Chester
 APSC
Leucojum aestivum
MTSU002949 Rutherford Tennessee 02 Apr 2008 Richard Marko
1		 MTSU
Leucojum aestivum
BEREA001465 Whitley Kentucky 24 Apr 1994 Ralph L. Thompson, Ed W. J. FitzGerald
94-151		 BEREA
Leucojum aestivum
TENN-V-0071260 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Leucojum aestivum
MTSU002950 Robertson Tennessee Olivia Isenberg
8		 MTSU
Leucojum aestivum
APSC0046164 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Leucojum aestivum
APSC0100165 Fulton Kentucky
APSC
Leucojum aestivum
BEREA001464 Harlan Kentucky 13 Mar 1988 Ben Begley
88-110		 BEREA
Leucojum aestivum
APSC0046171 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Leucojum aestivum
UOS07322 Franklin Tennessee 21 Apr 2009 Yolande M. Gottfried
 UOS
Leucojum aestivum
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