Wild Daffodils
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Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Wild Daffodils are common & widespread around Britain.
This species has pale yellow tepals, with a darker central trumpet.
The long, narrow leaves are slightly greyish green in colour and rise from the base of the stem.
The plant grows from a bulb.
The flowers produce seeds which, when germinated, take five to seven years to produce a flowering plant.
(Sexual seed reproduction mixes the traits of both parent flowers, so if garden hybrid cultivars are planted close to wild populations of Narcissus pseudonarcissus, there is a danger that the new seedlings, having hybrid vigour, could out-compete the wild plants.)
Flowers from March-April.