The leaves are "supervolute", i.e. one leaf is tightly clasped around the other within the bud, usually remaining like this at the base of the plant as it grows.

The usually solitary flowers are born on a leafless green stem (scape), 4–19 cm (1.6–7.5 in) long.

The specific epithet commemorates the botanist and plant collector Yury Nikolaevich Voronov.

[4] G. ikariae and G. woronowii are similar, although molecular studies have shown that they are distinct species.

Some differences are:[5] Galanthus woronowii[6] has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.