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|accepted_name=Leucojum aestivum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|place=10, 2: 975. 1759
|year=1759
}}
|common_names=Summer snowflake
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Leucojum;Leucojum aestivum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leucojum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Leucojum aestivum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 286
|treatment_page=page 293
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>to 30–60 cm; bulb 2–4 × 2–3(–4) cm. <b>Leaves</b>: sheaths 3–6 mm, membranous; blade deep green, linear to ligulate, 30–50(–70) × 0.5–2 cm, apex obtuse, glossy, well developed at anthesis. <b>Scape</b> stout, hollow, 2-winged, compressed, (20–)30–60 cm. <b>Spathe</b> bract solitary, fused, green, lanceolate, 3–5 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals white with yellowish green spot near apex, broadly ovate, (10–)13–22 × 10–12 mm; filaments white, slender, 2–5 mm; anthers 5–6 mm; ovary oblong-ovate, 6–10 × 5–8 mm; style clavate, 5–10 mm, exceeding stamens; stigma truncate, inconspicuous; pedicel 2.5–7 cm, longest equaling or exceeding spathe. <b>Seeds</b> black, 5–7 mm; coat loose, with air pockets at each end. <b>2n</b> = 22, 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Roadsides, fields, waste places
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=N.S.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;c;s Europe;naturalized throughout temperate areas.
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name=Leucojum aestivum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Roadsides, fields, waste places
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=N.S.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;c;s Europe;naturalized throughout temperate areas.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication year=1759
|special status=
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|genus=Leucojum
|species=Leucojum aestivum
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