Bulb brown to about 2 cm wide. Leaves 20-30 cm long, about 5 mm wide. Flowers solitary, hanging strongly downwards, the stalk about 2 cm long. Perianth tube 2-3 cm long, the 2 cm lobes characteristically bent back from the corona to conceal the ovary. Corona yellow flaring slightly and with the margin slightly scalloped; early spring.

Portugal & Spain

One of the parents of many early-flowering garden hybrids.

Source: Ashburner, W.; Ashburner, C.; Spencer, R. (2005). Narcissus. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.