2/22/2024 0 Comments Narcissus tribez![]() No one knows how the initial “D” came to be added to daffodil. The name daffodil is an alteration of the name for another striking flower, the asphodel. When in doubt, you can never go wrong by calling any of these flowers “narcissus,” since they are all in that genus. One species, Narcissus jonquilla has its own common name, jonquil. Katherine Wagner-Reiss has her certificate in botany from NYBG and has been a tour guide at the Garden for two years.ĭaffodils, narcissus, and jonquils can get jumbled in the mind, but they are easily sorted out.ĭaffodil is the common name for spring-flowering bulbs in the genus Narcissus, of which there are over 50 species. ![]() Posted in Around the Garden on April 18 2017, by Katherine Wagner-Reiss What’s in a Plant Name? Narcissus, Daffodils, and Jonquils ![]()
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