Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 13 - Species (Botanical and Wild Variant)
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: Downfacing all yellow flower w/ long cylindrical cup and very swept back (reflexed) petals.
Bloom season: Spring
Height classification: Dwarf (to 12.8")
Special Classes: Miniatures List
Hybridizer: n/a
Year of registration: n/a
Country of Origin: Spain
Origin of name: Resembling Cyclamen
Awards: Award of Garden Merit
First Class Certificate

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
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: 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
  • Cyclamen Daffodil
  • Species Daffodil
  • Daffodil
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Narcissus cyclamineus
  • Synonym: Narcissus cohaerens
  • Synonym: Narcissus latipetalus
  • Synonym: Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. cyclamineus

Photo Gallery
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Date: 2022-08-15
Location: Cornwall, England
Date: 02/05/2020
public domain photo by John Jearrard via his web site: http://www
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2014-03-13

Date: c. 1936
photo from the 1936 catalog, John Scheepers, New York City

Date: c. 1966
photo by F. G. Meyer from the special Daffodil Handbook issue of
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2014-03-13
Location: RHS Harlow Carr winter walk
Date: 2017-03-09
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2020-03-08
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-03-08
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-02-27
Species Daffodil (Narcissus cyclamineus) 001
Location: Threave castle garden, Scotland
Date: 2014-03-27
Location: Alpine Garden Society show, Hexham UK
Date: 2009-03-28

Photo courtesy of: Derek Harper
Location: Rosetta- Tasmania
Date: 2 SEPT2012
Champion Div 13 miniature species

Date: 2008-02-23
photo by: Francine Riez

Photo courtesy of: peganum
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2020-03-08
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-03-10
Species Daffodil - Narcissus cyclamineus 004
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-03-08
Comments:
  • Posted by gwhizz (Rosetta,Tasmania,Australia - Zone 7b) on Sep 4, 2012 8:51 PM concerning plant:
    This is my highest achievement in daffodil showing, as it was picked from restricted champion trio Narcissus Cyclamineus/Conspicuus/Snook. I could not believe it!!!!

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