| Amaryllidaceae |
Narcissus tazetta subsp. tazetta |
Narcissus L. |
| N.tazetta L., Sp. Pi. 290(1753). Bulb 20-60 x (20-)25-50 mm. Leaves(14-)20-75 cm x(3-)5-14 mm, green br blue-green, usually glaucous, flat or canaliculate, rarely V-shaped in transverse section. Scape 15-65 cm. Flowers in umbels of 2-10(-15), fragrant. Spathe 20-65 mm, scarious. Pedicels unequal, longest (20-)30-75(-l00) mm. Hypanthial tube (15-) 1 8-30 mm, stender, cylindrical, narrowly infundibular at top. Perianth segments white (often appearing crease or parchment-coloured when dry) or yellow, patent, 8-17 x 4-Il(-14) mm, ovate to obovate, overlapping or not, sometimes mucronate or apicuîate. Corona yellow to orange, 2.5-6(-7) x 4.5-12(-19) mm. Stamens unequal, upper whorl exseited from hypanthial tube but included in corona. Fl. 11-5, Pinus pinea forest, rocky places nr coast, limestone scree, Quercus macchie, lakesides and swamps, nr s.l.-850m. 1. Perianth segments white (when fresh) subsp. tazetta 1. Perianth segments deep yellow subsp. aureus subsp. tazetta. Syn: N. syriacus Boiss. & GaiiL is Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(4):96 (1859); AT. tazetta L.var. syriacus (Boiss.&GaiD.)Boiss.,Fl.0r. 5:150(1882); N. caucasicus (Fomin) Gorschk.in FL URSS 4:492(1935). Ic: FL Libya 51: t. 4 (1978); Nehme, FIs. Sauv. Lib an t. 41 (1980); Zohary, Pis. Bible 178 (1982). Described from Narbonne (S. France), Portugal & Spain (Hb. Linn. 412/9- II, photos!). Outer & E. Anatolia, Islands. A6 Samsun: Engiz, Balik G.,0.5 m.Tobey & Kurt 1575! Bl Izmir: Güzelbahçe nr Izmir, Leblebici (ISTE 12286)! B8 Diyarbakır: Diyarbakir to Lice, nr Küçük Köyü, T.Baytop(ISTE 34444)! B9Siirt/Van: 'Van, N.of Sairt' [sic], 910 m, iv 1899-1900, Maunsell! C2 Muğla: small island off coast of Peraea, xi 1841, Forbes! C3 Antalya: Manavgat to Akseki,nrFersune,850m,T.Baytop(ISTE31387)! C4Içel: d.Mersin,liman castîe S.W. of Taşucu, 35 m, Watson et al. 3909! C5 Adana: d. Ceyhan, nr Mercimek, T.Baytop (ISTE 16484)! C6 Hatay: Bailan(Belen),nr Kirk Khan, Sint. 1888:130! Is: Lesvos, Cand.; Khios, Neachorio, Platt 395! Ikaria, 1-1.5 km W. of Petrapouli, 250 m, Runem. & Snog. 7066! Lipsoi, Desio obs.; Arkoi, Desio; Rodhos, Senni. Mediterranean area, Transcaucasia; introduced in Iran, Kashmir, China, Japan and perhaps elsewhere; also widely cultivated. In Turkey it is apparently native in the localities cited above; it is also cultivated, especially around Istanbul. Cultivated forms frequently have larger flowers with broader perianth segments (maximum values in brackets in above description), e.g. A2(E) Istanbul: 'narcisse de Constantinople', cult., 9 iv 1892, Azn.! They have been called N. orientalis L., Mant. 62 (1767) and N. 'Grand Primo'; see Bot. Mag. 24: t. 940, 946 (1906). Meikle (Kew Bull. 1954:177, 1954) notes that a double-flowered cuitivar is grown on Khios. |