Narcissus bulbocodium, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 82

18. N. bulbocodium L. , Sp. Pl. 289 (1753).

Bulb 15-20 x 10-15 mm, whitish or pale brown. Leaves up to 45 cm, but usually much less, 1—1-5(—3) mm wide, dark green, 2-4(-7) from each bulb. Scape erect, usually slightly longer than leaves. Flowers more or less horizontal, pale yellow to deep orange-yellow. Spathe 17-35 mm. Pedicel (3-)5-25 mm. Hypanthial tube 4-25 mm. Perianth-segments 6-15 x 1-5-5 mm, linear to narrowly triangular, acute or mucronate. Corona 7-25 x 9-35 mm. Stamens usually included in corona but sometimes exserted. Scrub, rocky ground and mountain pastures. Spain and Portugal, S. W. France. Ga Hs Lu.

Very variable, especially in size and colour of flower. These characters vary continuously and show little correlation with geographical distribution or chromosome number. On the basis of other characters two subspecies may be distinguished: