Narcissus
Description: Each flower has central bell, bowl or disc-shaped corona, ring of 6 floral leaves; white, yellow, orange
Habitat: Native to meadows, woods, Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia; many hybrids make it a hugely popular garden plant
Field Notes: National flower, symbolizing the new year, in the Kurdish culture; national flower of Wales; in 1804 William Wordsworth wrote lyrical poem about daffodils, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud… “When all at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils…”
A Field Guide To Fieldston 
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