• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Massachusetts

• County/Municipio

  Barnstable Co.

• Locality

  forest edge, near North end of Mosswood Cemetery, Cotuit, town of Barnstable, Cape Cod

• Elevation

  Alt. 15 m. (49 ft.)

• Coordinates

  41.629, -70.429

• Location Notes

  [US & Canada]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

No botanical uses.

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US
Z5X
BARNSTABLE COUNTY
MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A.
Galanthus nivalis L. Amaryllidaceae
Cespitóse, bulbs white, ovoid, 10-17 mm,
leaves flat, keeled below, gray-green, 4—6
mm wide, bracts white-margined, folded,
flowers nodding, fragrant, sepals white,
ascending, 16-21 mm, petals 9—10.5 mm,
erect, notched, white on outer surface, with
green U-shaped mark at apex, inner surface
green striped, anthers orange, about 20
clumps and hundreds of flowering stems
naturalized on dry sandy ground, gentle
slope, partial shade, with Quercus alba, Q.
coccínea, Prunus serótina, Rubus,
Taraxacum officinale, mosses, forest edge,
near N end of Mosswood Cemetery (perhaps
bulbs from the cemetery were weeded and
dumped here decades ago), Cotuit, town of
Barnstable, Cape Cod, elev. 15 m, 41.629°
N, 70.429° W
15 March 2017 Coll. Peter F. Zika 28644
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