Galanthus woronowii cultivation, it has frequently been confused with two other species, "Galanthus platyphyllus" (usually under its synonym "G. latifolius") and "Galanthus ikariae". All three species have broad green leaves arranged in a supervolute pattern (i.e. wrapped round one another at the base), and inner tepals with a green mark only at the apex. The inner tepals of "G. platyphyllus" lack a sinus at the apex, i.e. they do not have a notched edge. "G. ikariae" and "G. woronowii" are similar, although molecular studies have shown that they are distinct species. Some differences are: Galanthus woronowii Galanthus woronowii, the green snowdrop or
Galanthus nivalis (flowering stalk), which bears at the top a pair of bract-like spathe valves joined by a papery membrane. From between them emerges a solitary, pendulous, bell-shaped white flower, held on a slender pedicel. The flower consists of six tepals, also referred to as segments. The outer three are larger and more convex than the inner ones. The inner flower segments are usually marked on their outer surface with a green or greenish-yellow V- or U-shaped mark (sometimes described as "bridge-shaped") over the small sinus (notch) at the tip of each tepal. The inner surface has a faint green mark covering