Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil.
Genus
Narcissus L.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Narcissus poeticus L., Sp. Pl. 289 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Poet's daffodil
 Description

Scape 40–50 cm high, compressed, 2-edged. Leaves ± glaucous, ± flat. Flower solitary, horizontal or ascending, fragrant; pedicel short; tube narrow-cylindric, greenish; lobes ± = tube, white, spreading to recurved; corona much < lobes, flat and discoid to cup-shaped, yellow, with the margin strongly crimped and red-edged.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Narcissus poeticus L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Casual1
Total1
 Phenology

Flowering: Sep.–Oct.

 Bibliography
Connor, H.E. 1977: The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. 1994: Bulbs for New Zealand Gardens. Godwit Press, Auckland.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.