Straight Arrow
Classification:
6 Y-R[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1977
Hybridizer:
Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1993
Registrant:
Richard and Elise Havens
Seed Parent: 
Jetfire 6 Y-O 
Grant E. Mitsch, Oregon, USA
Year Registered: 1966
[(Market Merry x Carbineer) x Armada] x N. cyclamineus
Jetfire
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Seedling Num:
MO10/2
Pedigree Chart:
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Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments:

Fl. 80 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, very slightly mucronate, bright yellow, strongly reflexed, creased, overlapping half or more; the inner segments a little less strongly reflexed, more heavily creased; corona cylindrical, ribbed, deep orange-red, with mouth straight and only a little frilled, rim crenate. Sunproof. Somewhat resembles a deeper-colored ‘Jetfire’.

Origin of Name:

Part of the Haven’s “Arrow” Series.

Straight Arrow
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Photo: Becky Fox Matthews, Tennessee, USAStraight arrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, 1993, Oregon, USA 
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