Wildlife
Snowdon lilies are delicate, arctic-alpine flowering plants. Also known as common alplilies, they grow in the mountain ranges of North America and Europe and are common enough on the rolling alpine tundra. In the United Kingdom, however, Snowdon lilies can only be found in one place - Snowdonia National Park - where they grow on a few inaccessible ledges and rock faces, out of reach from grazing animals. The lily's survival in Snowdon is thought to be at risk from climate change.
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Ice age relics
The cold-adapted Snowdon lily is a living relic of Wales' glacial past.
The cold-adapted Snowdon lily is a living relic of Wales' glacial past.
Snowdon's rarest
A small plant has made Snowdonia its only UK home.
A small plant has made Snowdonia its only UK home.
The Snowdon lily can be found in a number of locations including: Europe, Himalayas, North America, Russia, United Kingdom, Wales. Find out more about these places and what else lives there.
The following habitats are found across the Snowdon lily distribution range. Find out more about these environments, what it takes to live there and what else inhabits them.
Discover what these behaviours are and how different plants and animals use them.
Additional data source: Animal Diversity Web
Lloydia serotina is an arctic-alpine flowering plant of the lily family. It is the only member of the genus Lloydia to live outside central and eastern Asia, and is widespread across western North America, from Alaska to New Mexico, and in Europe is found in the Alps and Carpathians, as well as in Great Britain.
It was originally known as mountain spiderwort, but is now known in Great Britain as the Snowdon lily, or in Welsh as brwynddail y mynydd (meaning "rush-leaves of the mountain"). In North America, it is called the common alplily.
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