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Tenby Daffodil - Narcissus obvallaris

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Tenby Daffodil Tenby Daffodil - Narcissus obvallaris dylan Horfield Parish Churchyard 16 Feb 2024, 1:25 a.m. 14 Mar 2023, 5:27 p.m.
Tenby Daffodil Tenby Daffodil - Narcissus obvallaris dylan Horfield Parish Churchyard 16 Feb 2024, 1:25 a.m. 14 Mar 2023, 5:27 p.m.
Tenby Daffodil Tenby Daffodil - Narcissus obvallaris dylan Horfield Parish Churchyard 4 Apr 2024, 2:45 p.m. 14 Mar 2023, 5:08 p.m.
Tenby Daffodil Tenby Daffodil - Narcissus obvallaris dylan Horfield Parish Churchyard 4 Apr 2024, 2:45 p.m. 14 Mar 2023, 5:08 p.m.
Tenby Daffodil Tenby Daffodil - Narcissus obvallaris dylan Horfield Parish Churchyard 4 Apr 2024, 2:45 p.m. 14 Mar 2023, 5:08 p.m.
Tenby Daffodil Tenby Daffodil - Narcissus obvallaris dylan Horfield Parish Churchyard 4 Apr 2024, 2:45 p.m. 14 Mar 2023, 5:09 p.m.

Species Description

Widespread and locally frequent in South West Wales; scattered and rare elsewhere but under-recorded.

Stace 4:

Narcissus obvallaris Salisb. (N. pseudonarcissus ssp. obvallaris (Salisb.) A. Fern.) - Tenby Daffodil.

Differs from N. pseudonarcissus in hypanthial tube 12-15mm; tepals of same colour as corona, yellow, 25-30mm, not twisted at base; 2n=21 (14, 21). Neophyte-naturalised; long naturalised in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, rare in England and elsewhere in Wales; garden origin.

Useful Links:

Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

Kew(as N. hispanicus ssp. hispanicus)

GBIF(as N. hispanicus ssp. hispanicus)

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