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Daffodil details
Saint Keverne
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
2 (a) |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
Y |
Originator name |
M.P. Williams |
Date of first flowering |
1930 |
Seed parent |
‘Royalist’ hybrid |
Description |
Fl. 100 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, vivid yellow 12A, with white mucro, spreading, plane, with margins sometimes slightly incurling, very smooth, overlapping one-third; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, slightly inflexed, with margins a little wavy; corona cylindrical, smooth or lightly ribbed, darker in tone than the perianth, mouth a little expanded, rim flanged, deeply notched and minutely crenate. 2n=28 |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1950 FCC(e) 1951 *FCC(p) 1976 *FCC(g) 1978 AGM 1993 Wister Award 2007 |
Date when entry last modified |
30 January 2015 |
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