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Sunstar

3 - Small-Cupped

W - O

Late

Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)

Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse

England, UK

pre 1921, registered with the RHS

Ladybird#

Unknown

28

Both Seed and Pollen fertile

8 times as seed, 56 times as pollen

AM(e) 1929; AM Haarlem 1928; 

Perianth is ivory white; cup is disc-shaped with an eye of solid rich dark red; There is a question if the seed parent is 'Will Scarlett'?

According to The American Horticultural Society's 1937 issue of the The American Daffodil Year Book, Guy L. Wilson's article “Some Modern Daffodils for Garden Decoration” states: “Sunstar, a late flower close to Poeticus in character, has broad milk white perianth of much substance and dark solid red eye; it has ample vigor, but should be planted in half shade to enjoy its color.”