Snipe
Classification:
6 W-W[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Registered:
Yes, before 1948
Seed Parent: 
W.P. Milner 1 W-W 
William Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1869
W.P. Milner
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
7 times as seed, 7 times as pollen
Comments

Perianth segments ovate, opening pale yellow, soon becoming white, reflexed, with margins inward-rolling, separated; corona cylindrical, lightly ribbed, opening brilliant yellow becoming yellowish white, with mouth expanded, rim notched and crenate.

Origin of Name

Named after the bird, Snipe.

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SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #59319 Bradley McCarson, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #57695 Bradley McCarson, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #54833 Christopher Harley, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #49279 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #46313 James Ian Young, Scotland
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #43818 Melissa Reading, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #43817 Melissa Reading, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #42554 Tom Stettner, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #41531 Kirby Fong, USA
SNIPESnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #38801 Michael Baxter, England
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #38431 Anne Wright, England
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #38430 Anne Wright, England
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #38429 Anne Wright, England
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #38428 Anne Wright, England
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #38427 Anne Wright, England
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #31446 RHS Yearbook, England
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #20858 Quality Daffodils, England
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #14763 Kirby Fong, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #12292 Tom Stettner, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #9422 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #8925 Tom Stettner, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #8519 Tony James, England
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #8038 Roger Braithwaite, England
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #7501 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #7353 Becky Fox Matthews, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #6072 Steve Taylor, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #5859 Tom Stettner, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #5645 Theodore E. Snazelle, USA
SnipeSnipe, 6 W-W, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1948
Photo #4506 Jon Kawaguchi, USA