Narcissus fernandesii
Spanish name: Candeleros
Scientific name: Narcissus fernandesii (G. Pedro)
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Synonym: Narcissus cordubensis (Fernandéz Casas)

Protected: Listed as vulnerable
Endemic: South West Iberia

This is a tall, rush leaved narcissus with flowers of a strong yellow colour. Being part of the jonquil group of daffodils the corona is shorter than the petals. The corona (central cup widens to a serrated edge. The flowers are 25 to 30mm wide, sweetly scented and tend to be one to three flowers per scape held horizontally on an extended tube. (Ocassionally four and five). The leaves are semi-round with a groove on one side, dark green and grow to around 30cm in height, most of the flowers appear just above the leaves. It is clump forming and prefers areas that are damp through the winter, so can easily be overlooked in a drainage channel or verge if the surrounding grasses grow taller.
Habitat: Undisturbed damp grassy areas, banks and field edges.

Distribution: South West Iberia. Scarce

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

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