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Daffodil, 'Tiny Daffodil' or Narcissus. F. Edward Hulme and Shirley Hibberd, 1890

Daffodil, 'Tiny Daffodil' or Narcissus. F. Edward Hulme and Shirley Hibberd, 1890

Narcissus is a genus of mainly hardy, mostly spring-flowering, bulbous perennials in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. Various common names including daffodil, narcissus, and jonquil are used to describe all or some of the genus. They are native to meadows and woods in Europe, North Africa, and West Asia, with a center of distribution in the Western Mediterranean.

The number of distinct species varies widely depending on how they are classified, with the disparity due to similarity between species and hybridization between species. The number of defined species ranges from 26 to more than 60, depending on the authority.

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