Wildlife
With their striking yellow displays, daffodils are true heralds of spring. Growing from bulbs, daffodils are sizeable wildflowers that have pale yellow outer petals around a dark yellow trumpet. The wild plants are smaller and paler than the many garden varieties and are native to the woods, grassland and rocky places of Western Europe. Despite a recent population decline, they are still one of the most common wildflowers of the English and Welsh countryside. Known also as Lent lilies because they bloom in early spring and usually drop before Easter, daffodils are also one of the national symbols of Wales.
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A golden host
Farndale is famous for its host of wild natives – daffodils.
Farndale is famous for its host of wild natives – daffodils.
Blooming season
Wordsworth's famous daffodils hold clues to the future of climate change.
Wordsworth's famous daffodils hold clues to the future of climate change.
The Daffodil can be found in a number of locations including: Europe, Mediterranean, United Kingdom, Wales. Find out more about these places and what else lives there.
The following habitats are found across the Daffodil distribution range. Find out more about these environments, what it takes to live there and what else inhabits them.
Discover what these behaviours are and how different plants and animals use them.
Additional data source: Animal Diversity Web
Narcissus pseudonarcissus (commonly known as wild daffodil or Lent lily) is a perennial flowering plant which grows from a bulb. It has pale yellow flowers with a darker central trumpet. The long, narrow leaves are slightly greyish in colour and rise from the base of the stem.
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Oak wood
Farmland
Beech wood
Wildflower meadow
Parkland
Broadleaf forest
Temperate grassland
Urban
