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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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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.
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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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
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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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