Amaryllidaceae

Cream narcissus

Narcissus tazetta L.

Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Narcissus

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Cream narcissus (Narcissus tazetta) — FlowerPhoto: Katerina Kalogerini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (24)

Arabic: نرجس شائع, رنجس, نرجس
Azerbaijani: Tazet nərgizgülü
Cantonese: 水仙花
cdo: Cūi-siĕng
Chinese: 欧洲水仙, 歐洲水仙, 多花水仙
Croatian: Višecvjetni sunovrat
Czech: Narcis taceta, Taceta
English: Cream narcissus
Finnish: Tasetti
French: Narcisse à bouquet
German: Strauß-Narzisse, Bukett-Narzisse, Mehrblütige Narzisse, Strauss-Narzisse, Tazette
Greek: Νάρκισσος ο κυπελλοφόρος
Hebrew: נרקיס מצוי
Japanese: スイセン
kab: Tixlulin
Malayalam: നാർസിസസ് ടസെറ്റ
Persian: نرگس
Polish: Narcyz wielokwiatowy
Russian: Нарцисс букетный, Тацет
Spanish: Inclintinas, Juncos blancos hediondos, Meado de burro, Narciso amarillo, Narciso coronado, Narciso de Alger, Narciso de manojo, Narciso de ramillete
Turkish: Çin nergisi
Vietnamese: Thủy tiên
Welsh: Cenhinen-Bedr glystyrog
wuu: 水仙

Synonyms

Hermione ambigena Salisb.
Hermione biancae Tod.
Hermione brevistyla Herb.
Hermione cerina Haw.
Hermione crenularis Salisb.
Hermione discolor Jurd. & Fourr.
Hermione fistulosa Haw.
Hermione floribunda Salisb.
Hermione grandiflora Haw.
Hermione italica Herb.
Hermione leucojifolia Salisb.
Hermione multiflora var. aurantia Haw.
Hermione polyantha Haw.
Hermione stylosa Salisb.
Hermione taxetta (L.) Haw.
Hermione tereticaulis (Haw.) Haw.
Hermione trewiana Sweet
Jonquilla tasetta Raf.
Narcissus citrinus (Haw.) Schult.f.
Narcissus flos-lactis Steud.
Narcissus linnaeanus Rouy
Narcissus linnaeanus subsp. ganymedoides (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy
Narcissus neglectus var. commutatus (Parl.) Nyman
Narcissus papyraceus var. sequentis (Tod.) Nyman
Narcissus patulus subsp. etruscus (Parl.) Nyman
Narcissus patulus subsp. ricasolianus (Parl.) Nyman
Narcissus patulus subsp. siculus (Parl.) Nyman
Narcissus patulus subsp. vergellensis (Parl.) Nyman
Narcissus patulus var. timbalii (Gaut. ex Timb.-Lagr.) Nyman
Narcissus tazetta subsp. canaliculatus (Guss.) Nyman
Narcissus tazetta subsp. cypri (Haw.) Holmboe
Narcissus tazetta subsp. eutazetta Briq.
Narcissus tazetta subsp. patulus (Loisel.) Baker
Narcissus tazetta var. cypri (Haw.) Boiss.
Narcissus tazetta var. mediterraneus (Jord. & Fourr.) Baker
Narcissus tazetta var. orientalis (L.) hort.
Narcissus tazetta var. syriacus (Boiss. & Gaill.) Boiss.
Narcissus tazetta var. varians (Guss. ex Parl.) Nyman
Narcissus tazettus St.-Lag.
Narcissus timbali Gaut.

and 3 more.

Flowers

In flower: December to April (from 1,002 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Katerina Kalogerini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Татьяна Прозорова, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zachi Evenor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jonathan Hughes, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: The original uploader was Neoneo at Italian Wikipedia ., CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Golfopolikayak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Paul van de Velde from Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sarah Faulwetter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.