Between a Rock and a City
by Sarah Loft
Title
Between a Rock and a City
Artist
Sarah Loft
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This lovely row of daffodils was growing on the lower reaches of Fort Tryon Park where it extends along upper Broadway.
Per Wikipedia: Narcissus pseudonarcissus (commonly known as wild daffodil or Lent lily) is a perennial flowering plant.
This species has pale yellow flowers, with a darker central trumpet. The long, narrow leaves are slightly greyish green in colour and rise from the base of the stem. The plant grows from a bulb. The flowers produce seeds, which when germinated, take five to seven years to produce a flowering plant. (Sexual [seed] reproduction mixes the traits of both parent flowers, so if garden hybrid cultivars are planted close to wild populations of Narcissus pseudonarcissus, there is a danger that the new seedlings, having hybrid vigour, could out-compete the wild plants.)
The species is native to Western Europe from Spain and Portugal east to Germany and north to England and Wales. It is commonly grown in gardens and populations have become established in the Balkans, Australia, New Zealand, the Caucasus, Madeira, British Columbia, Ontario, Newfoundland, Oregon, Washington State, much of eastern United States, and the Falkland Islands. Wild plants grow in woods, grassland and on rocky ground. In Britain native populations have decreased substantially since the 19th century due to intensification of agriculture, clearance of woodland and uprooting of the bulbs for use in gardens. In Germany it was a subject of a national awareness campaign for the protection of wildflowers in 1981.
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Featured in the Visions of Spring group, May 2015.
Featured in the Beautiful Flowers group, May 2015.
Featured in the Global Flowers Photography group, July 2018.
Featured in the 500 Views group, July 2018.
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May 6th, 2015
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