English name: Hoop Petticoat Daffodil
Spanish name: Narciso
Scientific name: Narcissus bulbocodium (Linnaeus)
Family: Amaryllidaceae

These are yellow narcissi with fine petals and a funnel shaped corona that far exceeds them. The trumpet, which is 3.5cm across sits horizontally on a delicate stem to 15cm, although often shorter. The narrow, dark green leaves can be up to 40cm long.
Several localised subspecies and varieties exist in which the flower colour varies from pale yellow with green markings to deep primrose yellow.
Habitat: Seasonally damp, rich sandy soil, woodlands, fields, rocky areas, marsh land, from lowlands to mid-mountains

Distribution: Iberia, S.W France, N. Africa

Key Words
Flower colour: yellow
Flowering month: January February March April May
Size: s / m / l: small

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