Glory-of-the-snow - Scilla forbesii
The blue star-like flowers on closer inspection have a central white cone made up of wide flat filaments of stamens.
Several other alien species are grown in gardens and may naturalise - Scilla sardensis, Scilla luciliae
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Usually seen as an escape from cultivation.
Flowering in March.
Bulbous perennial.
Widespread scattering of records across Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire, and is not listed in the current Checklist (Jeeves, 2011).
Paul Ruddoch
Melton Country Park
29 March 2016
Graham Calow
Claybrook Magna
29 March 2016
Saharima Roenisch
Welford Road Cemetery
07 March 2017
Graham Calow
Claybrook Magna
29 March 2016
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Species profile
- Common names
- Glory-of-the-snow
- Species group:
- flowering plant
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Asparagales
- Family:
- Asparagaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 11
- First record:
- 29/03/2016 (Ruddoch, Paul)
- Last record:
- 14/03/2026 (Will Warley)
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Saharima Roenisch
Welford Road Cemetery
07 March 2017
found only at this lower corner of the site
Saharima Roenisch
Welford Road Cemetery
07 March 2017
Saharima Roenisch
Welford Road Cemetery
07 March 2017
