Narcissus minor, 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 : 83

24. N. minor L. , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 415 (1762).

Bulb 20-30 mm. Leaves 8-20(-25) cm x 3-10 mm, glaucous. Scape 8-25 cm. Spathe 25-40 mm, scarious. Flowers solitary, horizontal or drooping. Pedicel 3-20 mm. Hypanthial tube 9-15 mm. Perianth-segments 16-22 mm, very pale to deep yellow, erectopatent, sometimes twisted. Corona 16-25 mm, deep yellow; margin variously lobed or dentate. 2« =14. Mountain grassland and open scrub. • Pyrenees and N. Spain; naturalized in S.E. France. G aH s. The circumscription and distribution of this species are subject to some doubt. Records from N. Portugal and N.W. Spain appear to be referable to 25, or perhaps in some cases to hybrids between 22 and 25.