Narcissus tazetta L.

Polyanthus Narcissus

Bulb brownish to 5 cm wide. Flowers white to 4 cm wide with a yellow or orange corona in clusters of 3-15 on unequal stalks. Perianth tube 1-2 cm long, the lobes spreading. Corona yellow; winter to spring.

Western Mediterranean

 

N. dubius Gouan. from France and Spain has white flowers 4-5 cm wide.

N. pachybolbos Dur., with blunt perianth lobes about half as long as the tube, is occasionally encountered.

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.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Lilianae
order      Asparagales
family       Amaryllidaceae
genus        Narcissus L.