Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Narcissus poeticus
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
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Poet's Narcissus is distinctive in its solitary, bright white flowers with a short yellow-orange corona forming a mouth. N. tazetta is similar but has multiple flowers per stem, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Naturalized daffodils are often undercollected and misidentified by field botanists. When making specimens of Narcissus, the collector should note number of flowers per scape (in the population), fragrance, tepal/corona color, and whether leaves are glaucous, green, flat, grooved, or round. Read more in Key to the Daffodils (Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2014)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Narcissus poeticus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Narcissus poeticus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the Daffodils (Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2014)
Narcissus poeticus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Narcissus poeticus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-01-002:
Narcissus poeticus FAMILY Amaryllidaceae
COMMON NAME:
Poet's Narcissus, Pheasant's-eye Daffodil
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JK Marlow jkm240318_7845
March Greenville County SC
Leaves flat (not grooved, cylindrical, concave or folded); leaf surface often glaucous, per Key to the Daffodils (Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm240318_7847
March Greenville County SC
Corona bright yellow with a distinctive red, wavy rim; tepals white; flowers fragrant, per Key to the Daffodils (Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm240318_7848
March Greenville County SC
Flowers always solitary (only one per stalk). Corona less than half the length of the tepals, per Key to the Daffodils (Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm240318_7851
March Greenville County SC
Hypanthial tube (below tepal lobes) parallel-sided (tho sometimes suddenly expanded at its apex), per Weakley's Flora (2023).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Narcissus poeticus
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Narcissus poeticus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Narcissus poeticus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Key to the Daffodils (Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2014)
Narcissus poeticus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Narcissus poeticus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-01-002:
Narcissus poeticus
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
4750
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent and naturalized in lawns, roadsides, woodland borders, and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose)
Leaves flat, 0.5-1.5cm wide
FLOWER:
Spring
Tepals white; corona bright yellow
with a wavy red rim
6 tepals
Corona shorter than perianth lobes
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary, terminal
FRUIT:
Capsule
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