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Daffodil details
Porthilly
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
2 (a) |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
O |
Originator name |
P.D. Williams |
Date of first flowering |
pre1927 |
Description |
Fl. 100 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, fairly prominently mucronate, primrose yellow, spreading, with margins incurling at apex, smooth, regular, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, shouldered at base, only very slightly mucronate, a little inflexed, with margins sometimes refelxed from midrib; corona short broad funnel-shaped, orange, with mouth straight and lightly frilled, rim notched and crenate. 2n=28 |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1933 FCC(e) 1936 *(Kirton)AM(g)(m) 1939 |
Date when entry last modified |
29 April 2014 |
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