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Sternbergia lutea, the winter daffodil, [3] [4] autumn daffodil, fall daffodil, lily-of-the-field, or yellow autumn crocus, [a] is a bulbous flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, [5] in the Narcisseae tribe, which is used as an ornamental plant. It has yellow flowers which appear in autumn.
The bulbs of this species are small and dark in colour. [3] Bulbs lay dormant in the soil for the majority of the year until emerging in the Spring. A single bulb usually produces two leaves each that can grow to a length of 20 cm long by 4–5 mm wide. Leaves are keeled, striate on their surface and sometimes coiled at the tip. [4]
Narcissus are long-lived perennial geophytes with winter-growing and summer-dormant bulbs [16] that are mainly synanthous (leaves and flowers appearing at the same time). [4] While most species flower in late winter to spring, five species are autumn flowering (N. broussonetii, N. cavanillesii, N. elegans, N. serotinus, N. viridiflorus). [11 ...
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Daffodils need plenty of water during their growing period in late winter and spring. Water after you plant the bulbs. Make sure the soil stays moist until the rainy season but it should never be ...
One of the longest blooming of all the species is Z. primulina which blooms from April until October. Although it is apomictic, it is a choice parent for crosses because of its rapid repeat flowering trait and long bloom season. Some other species such as Z. morrisclintae appear to bloom only in the spring season. Most of these species are ...
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It was the second-warmest in Worcester's history, trailing only last year's meteorological winter of 33.7 degrees. Before last winter, the prior record was 33.1 degrees, during the winter of 2001 ...