Jonquille
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Jonquille ( Narcissus jonquilla ) |
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The Jonquil ( Narcissus jonquilla ) is a species in the genus of daffodils ( Narcissus ) from the family of Amaryllidaceae family (Amaryllidaceae). This species is placed in the Jonquillae section by the botanist John W. Blanchard .
description
The jonquille is a slender daffodil that reaches heights of up to 40 centimeters and thus has one of the longest inflorescence shafts among the daffodil species. Their leaves are narrow, almost stalk-round and rush-like and medium green.
The flower is uniformly golden yellow, fragrant and has a diameter of up to 3 centimeters. The main corolla are pointed, the secondary corolla is only 4 millimeters high, but 1 centimeter wide.
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distribution
The species was originally only distributed on the Iberian Peninsula. However, it came into gardening relatively early. As a garden refugee , it has run wild and forms wild populations in southern France, Italy and Dalmatia.
literature
- John W. Blanchard: Narcissus. A Guide to Wild Daffodils. Alpine Garden Society, Woking 1990, OCLC 21719991 .
- Dumont's gardening manual: bulbs and tubers. Dumont Buchverlag, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-7701-4336-1 .
- Walter Erhardt: Daffodils - daffodils, jonquilles, tazettes. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8001-6489-2 .
Web link
- Narcissus jonquilla inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Lansdown, RV & Barreto Caldas, F, Moreno Saiz, JC, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
