Narcissus obvallaris (hort.)
Peter Taggart (Sun, 08 Apr 2018 12:29:48 PDT)

My impression is that the daffodil sold commercially in the UK, as the
Tenby daffodil, is a much bigger flower than the natural form..... it would
be worth comparing what you have if you can source some reliable
information. The plant which I know from childhood is a dainty, small
flowered, self coloured, trumpet daffodil, tall for it's flower size.
Peter (UK)

On 8 April 2018 at 19:26, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote:

.....purchased from the Dutch exporter then operating as Hoog & Dix, under
the name Narcissus obvallaris. As often with Narcissus, the nomenclature is
quite confusing, so I don't know how to identify the seed.
John Blanchard's book "Narcissus: A Guide to Wild Daffodils" tentatively
accepts N. obvallaris (common name, Tenby Daffodil) as a valid species
found in both England and Wales and in Spain. Elsewhere, it is considered a
synonym of N. pseudonarcissus subsp. major, or treated as a hybrid of some
kind. I'm not sure what the Spanish botanical thought is.

My plants are quite uniform and interfertile, producing numerous self-sown
seedlings that appear identical to the parents (no other N. pseudonarcissus
form or hybrid is in flower here in early February). This is a small, clear
yellow flower borne singly on stems about 25-30 cm tall.

Should I send seed of this plant to exchanges (where the seedlings might
become distributed under a misnomer), and if so, under what name?

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