Talk:Gagea serotina
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On page 33 of the biography of Evan Roberts (written by Robin Gwyndaf), it states that "without exception, all those interested in the Snowdon Lily would be refereed to Evan Roberts as the person who could guide the to where it grew.
Evan Roberts also understood and read the work of Edward Lhyd who first discovered it in Cwm Idwal this is where the term "Mountain Spiderwort" came from, it was then rediscovered by Evan Roberts later on. They both fully understood that it was a lily. Evan Roberts also understood that later on the term "Snowdon Lily" was more popular, but he did not like the name "believing that the old form descibed it more precisely." He also wwrote "The Welsh term brwynddail y mynydd is similary descriptive". Apologies for messing up the formatting, will try to put that back. (Gowron 12:04, 11 November 2006 (UTC))
Scotland
[edit]There must be a good reason it has survived in Britain only in Snowdonia, not the Scottish highlands where many Ice Age relicts are found. Perhaps the summers are too cool and wet further north? It doesn't seem to be present in Scandinavia either, just the Alps and Carpathians in Europe. And it goes further north in America than Europe, like the Mediterranean/dry summer climates do. So introducing it to Scotland might fail, perhaps the Lake District or North Pennines are better options?Walshie79 (talk) 22:44, 3 July 2015 (UTC)