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Daffodil details
Backhousei
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
2 (b) |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
Y |
Originator name |
W. Backhouse |
Date of first flowering |
pre1869 |
Parent notes |
Hybrid between a variant of {N. bicolor} and {N. poeticus} |
Description |
Perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, prominently mucronate, sulphur white, somewhat inflexed, overlapping one-third; the inner segments twisted; corona only a little shorter than the perianth segments, cylindrical, lemon yellow, with mouth straight and loosely frilled, rim deeply crenate |
Synonym(s) |
Backhousei `Backhousei' |
Award(s) |
none |
Notes |
This has also been used as a Group name |
Date when entry last modified |
18 February 2006 |
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