Taxon: Narcissus pseudonarcissus L.

Genus:

Narcissus

Subgenus:

Narcissus

Section:

Pseudonarcissus

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Amaryllidoideae

Tribe:

Narcisseae

Nomen number:

25045

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:289. 1753

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

09-jul-2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 09-jul-2015

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Other conspecific taxa:

Common names:

buttercup (Source: F Carolin) - English
daffodil (Source: Hortus 3) - English
lent-lily (Source: Dict Gard) - English
Tenby daffodil (Source: Pl Book) - English
trumpet narcissus (Source: Dict Gard) - English
wild daffodil (Source: Dict Gard) - English
narciso (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
påsklilja (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2; Lampe & McCann)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]

Asia-Temperate

CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
MIDDLE EUROPE: Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Portugal, Spain

Cultivated

(also cult.)

Naturalized

(natzd. elsewhere)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 (Cooper & Johnson ed2)
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970 (F Tex)
Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 (Pl Book)
Radford, A. E. et al. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)

Check other web resources for Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. :

Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

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=25045. Accessed 1 mayo 2026.