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Narcissus jonquilla (jonquil)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Narcissus jonquilla (jonquil, rush daffodil) is a bulbous flowering plant, a species of Narcissus (daffodil) that is native to Spain and Portugal, but has now become naturalised in many other regions: France, Italy, Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, Madeira, British Columbia, Utah, Illinois, Ohio, and the southeastern United States from Texas to Maryland. N. jonquilla has been cultivated since the 18th century in France as the strongest of the Narcissus species used in Narcissus Oil, a component of many modern perfumes.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  Although we have no records for this species, many if not all members of this genus are poisonous;
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Scent [2]  The blooms, which are almost intoxicatingly scented, have an undertone of orange in their perfume;
Structure [2]  Bulb
Usage [2]  An essential oil obtained from the flowers is used in perfumery; 1 kg of flowers yields 1g absolute of essential oil;
Height [2]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Width [2]  3.937 inches (0.1 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research   North Carolina, United States
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  
Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham 12696 England, United Kingdom

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Bud and stem nematode)[3]
Puccinia schroeteri[4]

Citations

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
3Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0