Angel's tears
Narcissus triandrus
Family · Amaryllidaceae · Poisonous
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Emergency
The most elegant wild daffodil in the Peninsula, its white or cream flowers always facing down, the petals swept back like a cyclamen's. It is an Iberian endemic.
Scrubland · Uplands · Pine woods · Oak woods
Also known astriandrus daffodil
How to tell it
One to six hanging flowers on a slender stalk, white, cream or pale yellow. The six outer segments sweep clearly backwards, which no other Iberian daffodil does so markedly. A short cup-shaped central corona. Narrow, nearly cylindrical leaves rising from the bulb.
What it is confused with
No dangerous lookalikes known in the Iberian Peninsula.
What it is for
None
Like all daffodils, the bulb contains lycorine and related alkaloids: it causes violent vomiting, cramps and arrhythmia, and is among the commonest poisonings through confusion with onions in gardens. It is protected and endemic, which is reason enough not to touch it.
The law says
An Iberian endemic protected under the Habitats Directive. Do not pick the flower or dig up the bulb.
Where it occurs
Each square is an area with recorded observations of this plant. The lighter background is the set of areas where any of the entries has been observed, and serves as a reference. Note what this is not: it is not where the plant lives, it is where people record it, so trails and towns always look fuller than the mountains. Data from GBIF.
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