Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 13 - Species (Botanical and Wild Variant)
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: All yellow usually w/ multiple flowers/stem. Petals are pointed w/ blunt terminations, cup < half segments in length.
Bloom season: Spring
Height classification: Dwarf (to 12.8")
Hybridizer: n/a
Year of registration: n/a
Origin of name: Belonging to Ignacio Jordan Claudio de Asso y del Río (1742 - 1814); a naturalist, jurist and historian from Zaragosa, Spain
Awards: First Class Certificate

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: lemony
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Uses: Provides winter interest
Erosion control
Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Gophers/Voles
Rabbit Resistant
Squirrels
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds
Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Bulbs
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Species Daffodil
  • Rush-Leaved Jonquil
  • Daffodil
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Narcissus assoanus
  • Synonym: Narcissus assoanus var. parviflorus
  • Synonym: Narcissus assoanus var. palearensis

Photo Gallery
Location: Parc Natural de la Muntanya de Montserrat (Spain)
Date: 2022-04-18
Location: Real Jardín Botanico de Madrid
Date: 2018-04-08

Date: c. 1865
illustration from 'The Florist and Pomologist', 1865

photo by: Olaf Leillinger
Location: St L Daffodil Show
Date: 2016-04-09
Location: St L Daffodil Show
Date: 2016-04-09
Location: St L Daffodil Show
Date: 2016-04-09
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Sep 19, 2015 7:26 AM concerning plant:
    Narcissus assoanus is an all-yellow species daffodil of short stature, usually with a couple of flowers per stem. It is native to the Pyrenees Mountains at the French-Spanish border, where it grows in meadows that are characterized as rocky. Purportedly fragrant (lemony).

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