Narcissus tazetta
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- nar-SIS-us taz-ET-tuh
- This plant has low severity poison characteristics.
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- Description
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Paper White Narcissus is a perennial bulbous herb that grows up to 11⁄2'. This plant blooms in early to mid-spring. It is good for naturalizing and has a spreading habit. It is tolerant of heat and drought. It is intolerant of extremely wet conditions. This plant benefits from the addition of bone meal or superphosphate to the planting hole. Plant 6 weeks before the first freeze, 4-5" below the soil surface. Cut foliage back after it has browned naturally. This plant is pest and disease free due to its poisonous alkaloid content.
Quick ID Hints:
- 3-20 flowers per stem, leaves are flat
- Perianth segments are spreading, not reflexed, and white
- Flowers are fragrant
- Corona is yellow
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Watch for slugs, snails and bulb mites. Bulb rot can occur in wet soils.
VIDEO Created by Elisabeth Meyer for "Edibles, Bulbs, and Houseplants" a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Narcissus
- Species:
- tazetta
- Family:
- Amaryllidaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Bulb
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Mediterranean, Afghanistan, China, Japan
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- Resistant to pest and disease.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Bulb
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit/Form:
- Spreading
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- White
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Shape:
- Cup
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- Flowers are scapose, horizontal to ascending, fragrant, 1.5" in diameter, and subtended by a one-valved, membranous spathe. Flowers have a perianth tubular at the base with 6 segments. Perianth segments are white, broad ovate, entire, and incurving. The corona is yellow, conspicuous, cup-shaped, and less than an inch long and wide.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Blue
- Green
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Width:
- < 1 inch
- Leaf Description:
- Leaves are basal, strap-like, entire, erect, twisted, keeled and glaucous, and less than an inch wide.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
- Diseases
- Drought
- Heat
- Insect Pests
- Rabbits
- Problems:
- Problem for Cats
- Problem for Dogs
- Problem for Horses
