Narcissus × medioluteus
| Primrose-peerless Loving Couples Twin Sisters Two-flowered Narcissus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Tribe: | Narcisseae |
| Genus: | Narcissus |
| Species: | N. ×medioluteus |
| Binomial name | |
| Narcissus ×medioluteus Mill. | |
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Narcissus ×medioluteus (syn. Narcissus biflorus), common names Primrose-peerless, April Beauty, Cemetery Ladies, Loving Couples, Pale Narcissus, Twin Sisters, Two-flowered Narcissus) is a flowering plant which is a naturally occurring hybrid between Narcissus poeticus and Narcissus tazetta (informally called "poetaz" hybrids). They were found initially in the West of France but have been widely grown as ornamentals are naturalized in Great Britain, Ireland, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, the former Yugoslavia, Madeira, New Zealand, and in scattered locales in the eastern United States (Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia).[1][2]
The flowers are generally held in pairs hence the common names "Twin Sisters" and "Loving Couples". The fragrant cream flowers (medioluteus) are smaller than those of Narcissus poeticus. The cup lacks a red edge.[3]
This first poetaz narcissus has long been grown as a garden ornamental and has also become naturalised in several countries. Other poetaz hybrids have several flowers per stem, and some have double flowers.
Gallery
Narcissus ×medioluteus
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Narcissus ×medioluteus close-up
Inflorescence with fasciation
Narcissus tazetta subsp. lacticolor and Narcissus ×medioluteus
Narcissus ×medioluteus and Narcissus poeticus
