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Narcissus papyraceus (from papyrus and aceus; meaning paper-like [1]), one of a few species known as paperwhite, is a perennial bulbous plant native to the Mediterranean region, from Greece to Portugal plus Morocco and Algeria. The species is considered naturalized in the Azores, Corsica, Texas, California and Louisiana. [2]
Narcissus is a genus of perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes, which die back after flowering to an underground storage bulb.They regrow in the following year from brown-skinned ovoid bulbs with pronounced necks, and reach heights of 5–80 centimetres (2.0–31.5 in) depending on the species.
Narcissus 'Gipsy Queen' Narcissus 'Grand Soleil d'Or' Narcissus 'Jetfire' Narcissus 'King Alfred' Narcissus 'Rip van Winkle' Narcissus 'Sun Disc' Narcissus 'Tête-à-tête' Narcissus 'Thalia' Narcissus in culture; Narcissus nevadensis; Narcissus nivalis
Various common names including daffodil, narcissus, and jonquil are used to describe all or some members of the genus. The list of species is arranged by subgenus and section . Estimates of the number of species in Narcissus have varied widely, from anywhere between 16 and nearly 160, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] even in the modern era.
Narcissus papyraceus or Paperwhite, a perennial bulbous plant; Narcissus tazetta or Paperwhite, a perennial ornamental plant This page was last edited on 29 ...
Narcissus tazetta * Paper-white daffodil Narcissus papyraceus * Pheasant's-eye daffodil Narcissus poeticus * Hoop-petticoat daffodil Narcissus bulbocodium * Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus: Cyclamen-flowered daffodil Narcissus cyclamineus *
He also advocated the use of the bulb of the narcissus as a cosmetic, in his Medicamina Faciei Femineae (Cosmetics for the Female Face), ll. 63–64 "adice narcissi bis sex sine cortice bulbos, strenua quos puro marmore dextra terat" (add twelve narcissus bulbs after removing their skin, and pound them vigorously on a pure marble mortar).
Vitis vinifera ("wine-bearing"). Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1]