Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 290 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Narcissus, polyanthus narcissus.

Description:
Plants usually 30-50 cm high; leaves 8-15 mm broad, linear.

Flowers 3-18 in an umbel, usually white with a white or yellow corona, 2-4 cm diam., scented, shorter than the tube; corona less than half as long as the perianth-segments.

Distribution:  Several forms and cultivars derived from this species are grown as garden ornamentals and it is probably the principal element in the various naturalised Narcissus populations in S.Aust. S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI.   Native to the Mediterranean region. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: June — Aug.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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