See other conspecific taxa:

• Narcissus poeticus subsp. poeticus (0 accessions)
• Narcissus poeticus subsp. radiiflorus (0 accessions)
• Narcissus poeticus subsp. verbanensis (0 accessions)

Common names:

• narcissus  (Source: Websters Dict) - English
• pheasant's-eye  (Source: HerbSpices) - English
• pheasant's-eye daffodil  (Source: BSBI) - English
• poet's narcissus  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• claudinette  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• narcisse  (Source: HerbSpices) - French
• narcisse poetes  (Source: F New Brunswick) - French
• oeil de faisan  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• weiße Narzisse  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• narciso  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Italian
• narciso  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• narciso blanco  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• trompón  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• pingstlilja  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard)
• Materials: essential oils (the most important in perfumery fide HerbSpices; Flower Oils)
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Lampe & McCann)

Distributional Range:

Native

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Hungary, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, Romania
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

References:

1. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961 (Websters Dict)
2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
3. Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
4. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
5. Hinds, H. R. Flora of New Brunswick, ed. 2. (F New Brunswick)
6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
7. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 (Lampe & McCann)
8. Pajaujis Anonis, D. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. (Flower Oils)
9. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
10. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=25042. Accessed 24 mayo 2026.