Flora of East-Central Indiana

Daffodil
Scientific Name Narcissus pseudonarcissus  L.
Family Name Liliaceae (Lily Family)

 

Characteristics
Habitat: moist meadows, disturbed areas, open woods, roadsides
Plant Height: 20-40 cm, erect stem
Flower Color: yellow
Flower: complete; perfect; 3 sepals and 3 petals nearly indistinguishable creating 6 brightly colored tepals; stamens 6 in 2 whorls (3+3); superior ovary with 3 locules and a single style
Inflorescence: typically a solitary  flower at end of long pedicle subtended by papery bracts; sometimes several; nodding
Fruit: capsule
Leaves: basal; entire; simple; linear
Bloom Time: April-May
Origins: non-native
Other: European native has escaped cultivation; some cultivars have replaced stamens  with petals, these double-flowered types are called "Scrambled Eggs"; plants poisonous;  see also N. poeticus
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general plant habit sepals close up of flower

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