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Laurent Petit, Tela Botanica · CC BY-SA 2.0
Wild daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus L.
Also known as: Lent lily, Daffodil
Family: Amaryllidaceae
15 to 35 cm tall
Meadows, open woodland, gardens, moist soils
Flowering: February – April
Full sun
Part shade
Hardy to -25°C
❓ How do you recognise this plant?
A symbol of spring, it carpets some woodlands with vast sheets of yellow from the end of winter.
🍃 Leaves
Strap-like, flat, grey-green, in a basal clump
🌸 Flowers
Large yellow flower with a prominent central trumpet, surrounded by 6 petals
🍎 Fruits
3-celled capsule containing many black seeds
🪵 Bark
Underground bulb, single flowering stem
🗺️ Distribution
Western Europe; occurs in naturalised populations in meadows and open woodland, especially in central and Atlantic France.
🐝 Value for pollinators
Early yellow flowers rich in nectar, important for the first bees and bumblebees of spring.
✂️ Horticultural uses
Naturalising in lawns and open woodland, spring borders; wild ancestor of many garden daffodils.
⚠️ Possible toxicity
Bulb toxic if ingested (alkaloids including lycorine), causes nausea and vomiting; sap irritating to the skin.
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