Lesser Daffodil - Narcissus minor
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Species Description
Scattered and rarely grown. Naturalised on the Isle of Man and elsewhere as a relic of cultivation.
Stace 4:
Narcissus minor L. - Lesser Daffodil.
Like a small N. pseudonarcissus, differing in leaves 3-10mm wide; hypanthial tube 9-15mm; tepals 16-25mm, same length as or slightly shorter than corona, same colour as or paler than corona; (2n=14). Neophyte-naturalised; well naturalised in Isle of Man, less so in Central & South West Britain, Berwickshire, West Ross; South West Europe.
Key:
- Tepals patent to erecto-patent or very slightly reflexed
- All 6 stamens borne at same level close to base of corolla
- Corona usually >10mm, if <10mm then longer than tepals, about as long as to much longer than wide; stamens all of same length or more or less so; hypanthial tube usually distinctly widening towards apex, sometimes more or less parallel-sided
- Tepals ovate-lanceolate or triangular-ovate to suborbicular, ≥5mm wide
- Corona slightly shorter to longer than tepals; hypanthial tube <2x as long as greatest width
- Hypanthial tube ≤15mm
- Tepals and corona ≤25mm
- Flower 1; corona 16-25mm; tepals 16-25mm