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Galanthus L. belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family, consists of 19 species (22 taxa) and it is represented by 12 species (14 taxa) and one hybrid in Turkey. G. elwesii has a wide natural distrubution and can be found in Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, the eastern Aegean Islands, southern Ukraine and Turkey. Within Turkey, this species has the widest distrubution among others and naturally grow in northwestern, western and southern Anatolia: Edirne, Adapazarı, Bolu, Yozgat, Ankara, Eskişehir, Afyon, İzmir, Isparta, Konya, Karaman, Niğde and Antalya provinces. In this study, morphological features of G. elwesii has been investigated. Leaf and flower morphology were studied on live material, both in the field and in cultivation, and herbarium specimens.