Fl. 104 mm wide, of good substance; perianth segments fairly broadly ovate, brilliant greenish yellow, spreading or a little inflexed, often twisted or with margins wavy and recurved, separated; corona funnel-shaped, vivid yellow, paler at base, with mouth expanded and frilled, rim widely flanged and deeply and regularly notched.

According to The American Horticultural Society’s 1937 issue of the The American Daffodil Year Book, B. Y. Morrison’s (Maryland) article “Daffodil Novelty Trials, 1936” states: “Forerunner didn’t prove too early here but it came before ‘Golden Spur’ had passed and apparently will be earlier than any other yellow trumpet of size. It is a golden yellow and apparently a better formed flower than ‘Magnificence’, its nearest rival. For a milder climate than this these should be superb as early garden flowers.”

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