Common name
English: Angel's Tears
German: Engelstränen-Narzisse
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Asparagales (46)
Family: Amaryllidaceae (29)(family description)
Genus: Narcissus (5)
Epithet: triandrus L. (1)
Synonyms: Ajax lusitanicus M.Roem., Ajax reflexa (Brot.) M.Roem., Assaracus capax (Salisb.) Haw., Assaracus reflexus (Brot.) Haw., Ganymedes albus Haw., Ganymedes capax (Salisb.) Herb., Ganymedes effusus Salisb., Ganymedes linnaei Kunth, Ganymedes nutans Haw., Ganymedes ochroleucus Haw., Ganymedes pulchellus (Salisb.) Salisb., Ganymedes reflexus (Brot.) Herb., Ganymedes striatulus Haw., Ganymedes triandrus (L.) Haw., Hermione concolor M.Roem., Hermione homochroa M.Roem., Hermione pulchella (Salisb.) M.Roem., Hermione weinmannii M.Roem., Illus triandrus (L.) Haw., Narcissus arcuatus Heynh., Narcissus campanulatus Link, Narcissus capax (Salisb.) Schult. & Schult.f., Narcissus haworthii G.Don, Narcissus jonquilloides Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f., Narcissus loiseleurii (Rouy) Traub, Narcissus pulchellus Salisb., Narcissus pyrenaicus Pers., Narcissus redoutei Sweet, Narcissus reflexus Brot., Narcissus striatellus Spach, Queltia capax Salisb., Queltia triandra (L.) M.Roem.
albus => dead white, without lustre
campanulatus => bell-shaped
jonquilloides => resembling jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla L.
lusitanicus => from Portugal
nutans => nodding, drooping
ochroleucus => yellowish-white
pulchella => beautiful
pyrenaicus => from the Pyrenees mountains (Andorra, France and Spain)
reflexa => bent back abruptly
reflexus => bent back abruptly
triandrus => having three stamens
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: beige, white