Elvira
Classification:
8 W-YYO[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, before 1902
Seed Parent: 
Ornatus 9 W-YYR 
James Walker, England
Year Registered: 1870
Ornatus
Pollen Parent: 
( Division 8 x unknown )
Chromosomes:
24
Fertility:
Usually sterile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 3-4 per stem, 46-59 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, broadly spathulate, blunt, prominently mucronate, pure white, flushed greenish yellow at base, spreading, creased, with margins incurling, overlapping one-third; the inner segments truncate, not noticeably mucronate, a little inflexed, with margins wavy or more strongly incurling, sometimes notched; corona very shallow bowl-shaped, closely ribbed, vivid yellow, with a very narrow band of reddish orange at rim, mouth expanded, wavy, with rim minutely dentate. Lightly scented.

A description according to Daffodils, narcissus, and how to grow them as a hardy plants for cut… 1907 by Arthur Martin Kirby, “ Long-stemmed large flowers of unusually good substance. Petals pure white; cup yellow. Extra free flowering, and three to four flowers on a stem; a very vigorous sturdy growing narcissus that multiplies rapidly”.