Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil.
Genus
Narcissus L.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Narcissus tazetta L., Sp. Pl. 290 (1753)
 Description

Scape c. 30 cm high, compressed. Leaves glaucous, ± channelled. Flowers 4–8–(20) per scape, usually fragrant, oblique, horizontal or nodding; pedicels long; tube narrow-cylindric, greenish; lobes < tube, white; corona ¼-½ length of lobes, cup-shaped, lemon-yellow or orange, margin entire.

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

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Narcissus tazetta L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Casual2
Total2
 Phenology

Flowering: Aug.–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.