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. plicatus is a bulbous perennial to 20cm in height, with broad, grey-bloomed, dark green pleated leaves and solitary white flowers 2.5cm in length from late winter, the inner segments marked green at apex, sometimes also at base