Narcissus pseudonarcissus L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Daffodil
• 🇫🇷 Narcisse faux narcisse, Jonquille des bois, Jonquille, Narcisse trompette

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Monocots
• Order: Asparagales
• Family: Amaryllidaceae
• Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
• Tribe: Narcisseae
• Genus: Narcissus
• Species: Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Subspecies

Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with N. bicolor L., 1762, whose flowers have a short and large paracorolla, whith a slightly recurvate or straight border, while those of N. pseudonarcissus have a long and narrow paracorolla, with a heavily recurvate border.

Possible confusion with N. jonquilla L., 1753, whose leaves are tubular and very narrow (< 5 mm), while those of N. pseudonarcissus are flat and wider. The confusion is perpetuated by many horticulture professionals who generalize the use of the name jonquil for the whole Narcissus genus.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• N. pseudonarcissus subsp. portensis (Pugsley) A.Fern., 1951;
• N. pseudonarcissus subsp. provincialis (Pugsley) J.-M.Tison, 2010, S;
• N. pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus L., 1753, P.

Hybridizes with:

• N. jonquilla L., 1753 to produce N. × odorus L., 1756, M;
• N. poeticus L., 1753 to produce N. × incomparabilis Mill., 1768, P.

The individuals below are escaped horticultural cultivars that do not look exactly like the type subspecies.

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 83). Biotope.