Amaryllidaceae
Pheasant's-eye daffodil
Narcissus poeticus
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Narcissus
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Common names
By language (39)
- Arabic
- نرجس شاعري, عبهر, نرجس
- arz
- نرجس شاعرى
- Catalan
- Narcís dels poetes, Jonquill, Jonquillos, Lliri blanc, Lliri de la Mare de Déu, Satalia
- Chinese
- 紅口水仙, 红口水仙
- csb
- Jastrowô lelijô
- cv
- Нарцисс сӑвӑлли
- Czech
- Narcis bílý
- Danish
- Pinselilje
- Dutch
- Dichtersnarcis, Witte narcis
- English
- Pheasant's-eye daffodil, Poet's narcissus, Daffodil, Poet's daffodil
- Esperanto
- Blanka narciso, Poeta narciso, Poetnarciso
- Estonian
- Valge nartsiss
- Finnish
- Valkonarsissi, Runoilijanarsissi
- French
- Gant-de-Notre-Dame, Narcisse des poètes
- frr
- Pingstruus
- German
- Weisse Narzisse, Weiße Narzisse, Dichter-Narzisse, Dichternarzisse, Montreux-Narzisse, Pfauenaugen-Narzisse
- Greek
- Νάρκισσος ο ποιητικός
- hsb
- Prawa narcisa
- Hungarian
- Fehér nárcisz
- Japanese
- クチベニズイセン, クチベニスイセン
- Kazakh
- Нарцисс
- kw
- Lili Korawys, Afodil
- lah
- چٹی نرگس
- Lithuanian
- Poetinis narcizas
- Macedonian
- Бел нарцис
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Pinselilje
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Pinselilje
- Persian
- نرگس شاعرانه
- Polish
- Narcyz biały, Narcyz wonny
- Romansh
- Narcissa alva
- Russian
- Нарцисс поэтический, Нарцисс обыкновенный
- Serbian
- Нарцис
- Slovenian
- Beli narcis, Narcisa
- Spanish
- Jonquillos, Narciso de lechuguilla, Narciso de los jardines, Narciso de los poetas, Narciso militar, Narciso poetico, Narciso poético
- Swedish
- Pingstlilja
- Tajik
- Наргиси шаҳло
- Tatar
- Шигъри нарцисс, Гади нарцисс
- Ukrainian
- Нарцис поетичний
- Welsh
- Cenhinen-Bedr y beirdd, Lili bengam
Synonyms
- Autogenes angustifolius Raf.
- Autogenes poeticus (L.) Raf.
- Hermione angustifolia M.Roem.
- Narcissus angustifolius hort. ex M.Roem.
- Narcissus majalis Curtis
- Narcissus majalis var. plenus Haw.
- Narcissus ornatus Haw.
- Narcissus poeticus subsp. hellenicus (Pugsley) Hayek
- Narcissus poeticus var. hellenicus (Pugsley) A.Fern.
- Narcissus poeticus var. majalis (Curtis) A.Fern.
- Narcissus poeticus var. recurvus (Haw.) Baker
- Stephanophorum purpuraceum Dulac
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 1,285 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Esteban Stefano Pavan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andreas Taeger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Arnaucc, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gianluca Congi🪶🦆🌲, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ethomorphis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joachim Lutz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksii Vasyliuk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joachim Lutz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joachim Lutz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Narcissus
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- Petticoat daffodilNarcissus bulbocodiumAmaryllidaceae
- Narcissus serotinusAmaryllidaceae
- Narcissus triandrusAmaryllidaceae
- Narcissus cuneiflorusAmaryllidaceae
- Narcissus cyclamineusAmaryllidaceae
- Narcissus rupicolaAmaryllidaceae
- Rushleaf jonquilNarcissus assoanusAmaryllidaceae
- Narcissus scaberulusAmaryllidaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.