Narcissus poeticus

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Read about Narcissus poeticus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Narcissus poeticus, Linn. Poet's Narcissus. Pheasant's Eye. Fig. 2449. A beautiful and popular strong - growing and hardy species, 1½ft. high, the bulb 1 in. or more thick: scape or peduncle as long as the lvs., 2- edged: lvs. about 4 to a st., linear, ⅓ in. broad, somewhat glaucous: fls. solitary (rarely 2), fragrant, horizontal, wide open, the obovate overlapping segms. white, about 1 in. long in native plants; corona much crisped and red-edged, Kin. or less long; tube of perianth cylindrical, greenish, 1 in. long; stamens and style barely exserted from the tube. Medit. region.— An old favorite, recognized by the red-margined short corona. Var. radiiflorus, Burb. (N. radiiflorus, Salisb. N. angustifolius and N. majalis, Curt.). Slender; lvs. narrower, and shorter than the scape: corona narrower and more erect; segms. narrowed below so that they do not overlap. B.M. 193. An early-fld. form, often known as var. angustifolius. Var. ornatus, Hort. ( N. ornatus. Haw.) is an early-flowering kind, distinct in its perfect form: segms. of good substance, imbricated, broad and rounded. Var. poetarum, Hort.(N. poetarum, Haw.), blooms after var. ornatua: fls. large; segms. imbricated and slightly recurved; corona red or reddish to base. Horticultural forms of N. poeticus are plenus (Fig 2450 ) double, late-fld.; recurvus, lvs. much recurved, and segms. recurving; patellaris fls. flat, crown large, segms. much imbricated; stellaris, has a much distended bladder-like spathe. For poeticus forms, see Pugsley, Journ. Bot., Aug., 1915. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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