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Narcissus tazetta

bunch-flower narcissus, cream narcissus, paper white, paper white narcissus, polyanthus narcissus
Bulbs

ovoid, 4–6 × 3–5 cm, tunic pale to dark brown.
Leaves

4;

blade flat, 25–35 cm × 8–15(–20) mm, glaucous.
Inflorescences

umbellate, 5–15-flowered, 25–35 cm;

spathe pale brown, 4–6 cm, papery.
Flowers

strongly fragrant;

perianth 2–4 cm wide;

perianth tube 1.5–2 cm, gradually tapering to base; distinct portions of tepals spreading to reflexed, white to cream, linear-ovate to oblanceolate, 1–2 × 0.5–1 cm, apex acute;

corona yellow, cup-shaped, 3–5 × 5–10 mm, apex crenulate to ruffled; 3 shorter stamens included within perianth tube, 3 longer stamens and style exserted into mouth of corona;

pedicel of variable length, to 8 cm.
2n

= 22.

Narcissus tazetta
Phenology Flowering late winter–spring.
Habitat Roadsides, waste places
Elevation 0–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; CA; FL; LA; MS; NC; OR; SC; TX; VA; w Europe (s Portugal); Mediterranean region; sw Asia (Iran); naturalized in Kashmir; China; and Japan; expected naturalized elsewhere [Introduced in North America]
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 296.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Narcissus
Sibling taxa
N. jonquilla, N. papyraceus, N. poeticus, N. pseudonarcissus
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 290. (1753)
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