2010.02.27 Austria, Vienna XXII. district/ Lower Austria, Gnserndorf, 153 m AMSL (Harte Au - broadleaf forest).Flowering from february till april (in extremely mild winters possibly january: comes out in the first warm days of spring).Common.German name: Schneeglckerl (Schneeglckchen)
2011-02-04 Lower Austria, district Schwechat (national park, 153 m AMSL).This year's winter's first shoots of G. nivalis here in Vienna (same as those a day later).German name: Schneeglckerl
2010.03.07 Austria,Lower Austria, district Schwechat, 158 m AMSL (Harte Au - broadleaf forest).First leaf shoots come out late in february or in march (they're a delicacy of local cuisine), and where they grow in huge numbers their smell of garlic literally hangs in the air. This year there are at this time only a very few specimens with fully enfolded leaves like that one, but there are plenty of smaller shoots and they'll very shortly cover the soil almost completely, at this place.Begins to flower only in april/may.(Also in this picture: Galanthus nivalis, young shoots with buds.)Very common in wet broadleaf forests.German name: Br-Lauch (and Schneeglckchen)
