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Corsican Snowflake

Acis longifolia

Corsican Snowflake
Photo: Cardioceras, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
Corse
Climate
temperate

About

Acis longifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, endemic to Corsica. Its white flowers appear in spring. It is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental plant, but is not fully frost-hardy.

How to grow it

Acis longifolia is rare in cultivation; it is not fully hardy, requiring protection in cold area, such as in an alpine house or bulb frame.

Where it grows

Acis longifolia is endemic to Corsica, where it is found among rocks and on mountain slopes up to about 500 m in elevation, often in partly shaded conditions.

Other Acis plants

Autumn Snowflake · Acis fabrei · Acis ionica · French Snowflake · Pink Snowflake · Acis tingitana · Acis trichophylla · Acis valentina · Snowflakes

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acis longifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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