The common snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) is native from the Pyrenees to Turkey and from Italy to Poland. Whether it is native to Britain or was introduced in the sixteenth century, it is happily at home here and spreads easily through woodlands. It is a popular plant for naturalising in lawns and parks.
Each tiny bulb produces just two leaves and one flower. The flower has three outer and three smaller inner 'tepals'. [Botanists use the term tepals when it is difficult to say whether they are petals or sepals.] The inner tepals only show when the outer ones spread open and then you can see the green chevron marked on each one.
Someone with a sharp beak helpfully removed an outer tepal so you could see inside.
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