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Narcissus pseudonarcissus L.

Wild daffodil (en), Jonquille (fr), Narcisse faux narcisse (fr), Jonquille des bois (fr), Narcisse trompette (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Narcissus

Characteristics

Plants frequently forming clumps. Leaves flat, to 50 cm long, 5-15 mm wide, ±glaucous. Scape 20-50 cm long, compressed with 2 prominent edges. Flower solitary, usually oblique; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm long, sheathed by spathe. Perianth lobes ovate, 2-4 cm long, yellow, spreading; tube conical, c. 1.5 cm long; corona trumpet-shaped, 2-4 cm long, with margin recurved, irregularly crenate-undulate, usually darker yellow than perianth lobes. Stamens included in corona, ±equal; anthers sub-basifixed. Capsule obovoid or subglobose, 10-25 mm long.
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Scape 20-40 cm high, compressed, with 2 prominent edges. Leaves ± glaucous, flat. Flower solitary, fragrant, drooping to nearly horizontal; pedicel short, deflexed, tube broadly obconic; lobes > tube, light yellow, ascending; corona ± = lobes, deep yellow, margin scarcely expanding or spreading, irregularly cut into numerous short, dentate, subimbricate lobules.
Scape 2–4 dm, about equaling the lvs; fls yellow, solitary, horizontal, 4–6 (in cult. to 10) cm wide; corona about as long as the tep, usually frilled at the margin; 2n mostly =14, 28. Native of Europe, occasionally escaped from cult. into moist meadows in our range. Spring.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.55 - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
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OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist woodlands and grassland.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses dye environmental use medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity toxic (bulb), toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity toxic (bulb), toxic (whole)

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Narcissus pseudonarcissus habit picture by grutz (cc-by-sa)
Narcissus pseudonarcissus habit picture by Geoffroy Stévenne (cc-by-sa)
Narcissus pseudonarcissus habit picture by Olivier Brosseau (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Narcissus pseudonarcissus leaf picture by Paul FRANCK (cc-by-sa)
Narcissus pseudonarcissus leaf picture by Kai Best (cc-by-sa)
Narcissus pseudonarcissus leaf picture by ricalens eric (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Narcissus pseudonarcissus flower picture by grutz (cc-by-sa)
Narcissus pseudonarcissus flower picture by Pieter Verbrugghe (cc-by-sa)
Narcissus pseudonarcissus flower picture by Brigitte Darriere (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Narcissus pseudonarcissus fruit picture by Else Nolden (cc-by-sa)
Narcissus pseudonarcissus fruit picture by claudio Peruzovich claudio Peruzovich (cc-by-sa)
Narcissus pseudonarcissus fruit picture by Renaud Brochiero (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Narcissus pseudonarcissus world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Albania, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), France, Micronesia (Federated States of), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Italy, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66177-1
WFO ID wfo-0000696474
COL ID 73SNC
BDTFX ID 43646
INPN ID 109297
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Narcissus festalis Narcissus fontqueri Narcissus andersonii Narcissus breviflos Ajax breviflos Ajax capax Ajax cuneifolius Ajax fenestralis Ajax festalis Ajax hexangularis Ajax lobularis Ajax montinus Ajax multicus Ajax platylobus Ajax porrigens Ajax praelongus Ajax pseudonarcissus Ajax pygmaeus Ajax radians Ajax rudbeckii Ajax sabiniamus Narcissus pisanus Narcissus serratus Narcissus radians Narcissus sylvestris Narcissus telamonius Narcissus gayi Narcissus glaucus Narcissus horsfeldii Oileus hexangularis Ajax festinus Ajax serratus Ajax sexangularis Narcissus pseudonarcissus f. serratus Narcissus pseudonarcissus f. lobularis Narcissus pseudonarcissus f. cambricus Narcissus capax Ajax cambricus Ajax gayi Narcissus luteus Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus Narcissus gayi var. praelongus Narcissus pseudonarcissus var. festinus Narcissus pseudonarcissus var. humilis Narcissus pseudonarcissus var. insignis Narcissus pseudonarcissus var. minoriformis Narcissus pseudonarcissus var. montinus Narcissus pseudonarcissus var. platylobus Narcissus pseudonarcissus var. pisanus Narcissus pseudonarcissus var. porrigens Ajax festalis var. scoticus Ajax festalis var. plenus Ajax festalis var. plenissimus Ajax serratus var. suavis Ajax telamonius var. plenus Ajax telamonius var. grandiplenus Narcissus renaudii Narcissus pseudonarcissus f. pleniflorus Ajax telamonius Narcissus ajax Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Lower taxons

Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pallidiflorus Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. moschatus Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. nobilis Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. minor Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. bicolor
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