Christmas daffodil
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The Christmas daffodil ( Narcissus papyraceus ) is a plant from the genus of daffodils in the family of Amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae). It is not grown outdoors in Central Europe because it is not winter hardy . However, it will be available from December in flower shops as a drifting daffodil. This has led to the common German name Christmas narcissus.
This species is placed in the Tazettae section by the botanist John W. Blanchard .
description
The Christmas daffodil grows as a perennial herbaceous plant and reaches heights of up to 30 centimeters. The leaves are blue-green in color.
Up to eleven flowers are formed per inflorescence . Its flowers are pure white; they are about 3 centimeters in diameter. The secondary crown has a diameter of 8 millimeters and is up to 3 millimeters high. The plant becomes about one meter high. In a heated room, it takes about 4 weeks from planting to flowering.
Distribution area
The Christmas daffodil has a very large distribution area in the Mediterranean. It extends from Portugal and Spain to Italy along the Dinaric coast to Greece . It can also be found in North Africa .
The flowering time is very different and is between October and February, depending on the area.
literature
- John W. Blanchard: Narcissus. A Guide to Wild Daffodils. Alpine Garden Society, Woking 1990, ISBN 0-900048-53-0 .
- 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 .