What is Snowdrop?
{{Automatic taxobox |name = Snowdrop |image = Galanthus_nivalis.jpg |image_caption = ''[[Galanthus nivalis]]''<br>common snowdrop |taxon = Galanthus |authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] |type_species = ''[[Galanthus nivalis]]'' |type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = * ''Erangelia'' <small>Reneaulme ex L.</small> * ''Acrocorion'' <small>Adans.</small> * ''Chianthemum'' <small>Siegert ex Kuntze</small> }} The '''snowdrop''' is '''''Galanthus''''', a [[genus]] of small [[herbaceous]] plants. There are about 20 [[species]] in this [[genus]]. They have two swordlike leaves and a small white bell-like drooping [[flower]]. [[File:Illustration Galanthus nivalis0.jpg|thumb|left|''Galanthus nivalis'': Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885]] [[Category:Asparagales]] {{stub}}