Garden Daffodil

Garden Daffodil - Narcissus

Alternative names
Cultivated Daffodil
Description

The golden yellow trumpet flowers of Daffodils are unmistakable, but there are numerous cultivars in addition to the Wild Daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus). For this reason we treat all Daffodils that are recorded in the wild just as as Narcissus unless they have been identified to species level and confirmed by an expert. - For further information about identifying Daffodil species see http://www.thedaffodilsite.co.uk/.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Usually introduced along roadsides and streamsides or found where garden waste containing the bulbs has been deposited.

When to see it

Flowering any time from January to April.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Widespread in Britain as an introduction or an escape from cultivation

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland as an introduction or an escape from cultivation. It was not included in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

All NatureSpot records