daffodil

The common daffodil was the flower loved by the English poet William Wordsworth. Selective breeding has developed many different varieties with a range of colours and shapes.

In the true narcissus, the petals form a small bowl rather than the long trumpet of the daffodil.

Any of several Old World species of bulbous plants belonging to the amaryllis family, characterized by their trumpet-shaped yellow flowers which appear in spring. The common daffodil of northern Europe (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) has large yellow flowers and grows from a large bulb. There are numerous cultivated forms in which the colours range from white to deep orange. (Genus Narcissus, family Amaryllidaceae.)