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Narcissus tazetta
Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 290. 1753.
Polyanthus narcissus, bunch-flowered 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.
Flowering late winter--spring. Roadsides, waste places; 0--100 m; introduced; Ala., Ark., Calif., Fla., La., Miss., N.C., Oreg., S.C., Tex., Va.; w Europe (s Portugal), Mediterranean region; sw Asia (Iran); naturalized in Kashmir, China, and Japan; expected naturalized elsewhere.
