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White Hoop Petticoat Daffodil

Narcissus cantabricus

Also called White Hoop Petticoat

A small bulbous daffodil from Spain and northwest Africa with white, hoop-skirted flowers, grown outdoors in rock gardens and borders. It needs good drainage and a dry rest in summer.

Family: Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as: Bulb
Light: Full sun, Part shade
Water: Water during the autumn to spring growing season and keep dry while dormant in summer.
Soil: Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil with some organic matter.
Temperature: Hardy to about -10 °C; protect from prolonged waterlogging in cold, wet weather.
How easy: Easy
Safety: Toxic: All parts, especially the bulb, contain alkaloids such as lycorine that can cause vomiting, diarrhoea and skin irritation if eaten or handled.. Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range: S. Spain, NW. Africa
Climate: temperate

About

Narcissus cantabricus is a species of the genus Narcissus (Daffodils) in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is classified in Section Bulbocodium.

Where it grows

Narcissus cantabricus is native to the central and southern Iberian Peninsula and northwest Africa (Morocco and Algeria)

Other Narcissus plants

Narcissus abscissus · Dafodill · Narcissus blanchardii · Narcissus broussonetii · Narcissus bujei · Petticoat daffodil · Narcissus calcicola · Narcissus cavanillesii · Narcissus cernuus · Narcissus cuatrecasasii · Cyclamen Flowered Daffodil · Narcissus dubius

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Narcissus cantabricus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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