narcissus
L

narcissus

Flora Eur. 1672

E narcissus S

Narcissus serotinus L.

G Späte Narzisse F narcisse I narciso autunnale

G. 4.123

4.160

E. 2.48

5.38

8.53

 

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At G. 4.122 Vergil calls the narcissus sera comantem "flowering late"; Narcissus serotinus, the narcisso autunnale, does indeed bloom late in the year. But the phrase is more poetic ornament than Linnaean specification, and Vergil probably was not making a distinction from the common Narcissus poeticus, which Vergil calls purpureus at E. 5.38, apparently in the sense 'brilliant', 'shining'.

L

narcissus

Flora Eur. 1671

E narcissus, pheasant's-eye narcissus S

Narcissus poeticus L.

G Narzisse F narcisse, narcisse des poètes I giunchiglia, narciso selvatico

 

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