Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Nonesuch Daffodil (a hybrid) - Narcissus x incomparabilis  
Members of Amaryllidaceae:
Members of Narcissus with account distribution info or public map:
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Section 5 » Family Amaryllidaceae
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DistributionScattered locations across the state. The specimen from Durham County is actually from Granville County (Butner). We have not mapped a few records from yards, where doubtfully escaped.
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HabitatLocal escape to roadsides, woodlands, along creeks, former homesites, near former nurseries.
Phenology
IdentificationAs its parentage (below) suggests, the flowers are intermediate in size, a pale yellow corolla with an orange corona.
Taxonomic CommentsThis is the horticultural hybrid between N. pseudonarcissus and N. poeticus.

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B.A. SorrieBroad roadside of Vass-Carthage Road just S of Farm Life School Road. 16 March 2024. MoorePhoto_non_natural
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