Spanish daffodil
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Spanish daffodil ( Narcissus hispanicus ) |
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The Spanish daffodil ( Narcissus hispanicus ) is a plant from the family of the Amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae). It is one of the ancestral species for the hybrids that are cultivated in gardens and cultivated for cut flowers , the many varieties of narcissus . The botanist John W. Blanchard assigns them to the section Pseudonarcissus .
description
The Spanish daffodil reaches heights of up to 50 centimeters. The leaves are blue-green and spiral.
The flowers , which appear in Central European gardening from March to April, are golden yellow in color. The 22 millimeter long tepals are twisted, the secondary crown widens towards the edge from 18 millimeters to 43 millimeters. Its edge is deeply notched. It is one of the classic trumpet daffodils.
distribution
Despite the botanical species name hispanicus (= Spain), the wild stocks of this species can be found predominantly in France . It grows in the Pyrenees as well as in southwest France.
literature
- John W. Blanchard: Narcissus. A Guide to Wild Daffodils. Alpine Garden Society, Woking 1990.
- Dumont's garden manual: bulbs and tubers , Dumont Buchverlag, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-7701-4336-1 .
- Walter Erhardt : Narcissi - Osterglocken, Jonquillen, Tazetten , Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8001-6489-2 .
