Galanthus are dwarf bulbous perennials with linear or strap-shaped leaves, and solitary, often honey-scented, nodding flowers with 3 white outer tepals and 3 smaller inner ones often marked with green
G. elwesii var. monostictus is a bulbous perennial to 15cm, with broad, glaucous leaves and solitary nodding white flowers with oval outer segments 2cm in length, and shorter inner ones bearing a green V-shaped mark at the tip, in late winter