Taxon: Narcissus tazetta L.

 
Genus: Narcissus
Subgenus: Hermione
Section: Hermione
Subsection: Hermione
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Narcisseae
Nomen number: 25053
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:290. 1753
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 09-jul-2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 09-jul-2015
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental (fide Eur Gard F; Dict Gard)
  • Materials: essential oils (for perfumery fide Flower Oils)
  • Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Africa
    • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco

    Asia-Temperate
    • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran (natzd.?), Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
    • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
    • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
    • CHINA: China [Fujian, Zhejiang]

    Europe
    • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
    • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Former Yugoslavia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
    • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


    Cultivated (also cult.)

    Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

    Other (exact native range obscure)

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. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976- (F Libya)
  4. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt. 1999- (F Egypt)
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
  6. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  7. Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
  8. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980- (F Aust)
  9. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
  10. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
  11. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941 (L Maroc)
  12. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
  13. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
  14. Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985 (F Cyprus)
  15. Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966- (F Liban)
  16. Pajaujis Anonis, D. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. (Flower Oils)
  17. Quézel, P. & S. Santa Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963 (F Alger)
  18. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- (F Iran)
  19. Stace, C. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace)
  20. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)
  21. Wunderlin, R. P. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. 1998 (F Florida)
  22. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan Flora palaestina. 1966- (F Palest)

Check other web resources for Narcissus tazetta L. :

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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=25053. Accessed 24 mayo 2026.