Narcissus
Bulbous perennial herbs. Roots fibrous. Leaves tufted, annual, sheathing at base. Inflorescence a scapose bracteate umbel or solitary flower, enclosed in bud by a papery spathe. Flowers bisexual; perianth segments equal, united below into a slender tube, free and spreading above, around the cylindric corona; stamens 6, inserted on perianth tube at 2 levels, filaments filiform, anthers basifixed or dorsifixed, dehiscing introrsely; ovary inferior, 3-locular; ovules many per locule; style filiform, stigma capitate or lobed. Fruit a capsule; seeds numerous, angular, black.
About 60 species, native to Europe and Asia but widely grown for ornament; 8 species naturalised in Australia, including numerous cultivars, 3 naturalised in Victoria. Numerous other species and cultivars are grown in horticulture in Victoria, and may persist in old abandoned gardens.
Conran, J.G. (1994). Liliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 637–686. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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