BICOLORED TRUMPET DAFFODILS OF THE PYRENEES

Lack of communication between botanists in the Iberian Peninsula and those in other parts of the world and identifications based on study of questionable herbarium samples rather than on large populations in the field have led to vast confusion in the literature with regard to the nomenclature and classification of bicolored trumpet daffodils of Southern France and Northern Spain. Six seasons in the field have led the authors to conclude that the bicolored trumpets of the Pyrenees, Narcissus abscissus and N. bicolor, are distinct species and can readily be identified by season of bloom, native habitat (geographical and geological location, elevation, associated flora, etc.), and morphological relationships which have been recorded and compared. Key characters for reliable field identification are pedicel length, point of insertion of the perianth and relationship of stigma to anthers.