Asturiet Group
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Classification:
2 Y-[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
2010
Hybridizer:

Brian S. Duncan

Rathowen Daffodils, in partnership with Clarke Campbell (1973-1988), Dergmoney, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland;

Founded Brian Duncan Daffodils 1989 - 2001

Brian S. Duncan

Photo from Spain in 2011

Brian S. Duncan
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 2015
Special Class:
ADS Intermediates

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Intermediate-Sized Daffodils".

The ADS defines an intermediate daffodil as a standard daffodil in Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, or 11 having a single floret whose diameter is typically greater than 50mm and through 80mm.

Intermediate daffodils may be entered in ADS show exibition classes for standard daffodils as well as classes reserved for intermediate daffodils.

Seed Parent: 
N. asturiensis var. asturiensis Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. asturiensis var. asturiensis
Pollen Parent: 
N. poeticus var. poeticus Division 13 Species
Section: Narcissus
N. poeticus var. poeticus
Seedling Number:
6/47
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. star-shaped, 50-72mm wide; perianth segments 18-20mm long, ovate, blunt, white, with yellow at base, sometimes entirely yellow, spreading, plane or slightly twisted, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping a quarter; the inner segments narrower; corona 12-18mm long, cup-shaped, angled, yellow, flushed orange or with orange at rim, mouth ribbed, a little expanded and lightly frilled, with rim notched.

A group of seedlings similar in flower form and height but with variable flower color from Y-O to WWY-YYO.

 

Origin of Name

The name is the combination of the names of its parents.

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Asturiet GroupAsturiet Group, 2 Y-, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2015
Photo #31976 Anne Wright, EnglandAsturiet GroupAsturiet Group, 2 Y-, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2015
Photo #31975 Anne Wright, EnglandAsturiet GroupAsturiet Group, 2 Y-, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2015
Photo #31919 Brian S. Duncan, Northern IrelandAsturiet GroupAsturiet Group, 2 Y-, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2015
Photo #31918 Brian S. Duncan, Northern IrelandAsturiet GroupAsturiet Group, 2 Y-, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2015
Photo #31917 Brian S. Duncan, Northern IrelandAsturiet GroupAsturiet Group, 2 Y-, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2015
Photo #31916 Brian S. Duncan, Northern IrelandAsturiet GroupAsturiet Group, 2 Y-, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2015
Photo #31915 Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland