This frequently cultivated species ("snowflake") can persist for decades at abandoned gardens with some local spread. It is not clear if there is true naturalization in Ky., with new establishment from seed, which is reported from northeastern states (F). There are records from FULT (MUR), GRAY (R. Seymour for KY), LYON (APSC), OLDH (DHL), TRIG (APSC) and elsewhere. Leucojum is a large relative of Galanthus nivalis L. ("snowdrop"), which is not known to persist or spread in Ky.