Swiftlet
Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
2014
Hybridizer:

Anne Wright

Tockwith, North Yorkshire, England

Anne Wright
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 2021
Special Class:
ADS Miniatures

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

A miniature single floreted cultivar normally possess a flower less than 50 mm (1.97") in natural spread.

For a multi-floreted miniature daffodil the guideline measurement for the floral mass is 72mm (2.83") in natural spread.

The ADS requires show exhibitors to enter miniature daffodils only in classes for specific for miniatures.

Any named, numbered, or species daffodil which appears graceful, with all its parts proportionately small, may be exhibited in Miniature classes and is eligible for all ADS awards

Seed Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Pollen Parent: 
Gipsy Queen 1 YYW-WWY 
Alec Gray, England
Year Registered: 1969
N. minor x N. asturiensis
Gipsy Queen
Seedling Number:
2813-2-14
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 35mm wide, light yellow 4D, stronger in tone at base of corona; perianth segments 15mm long, oblong, blunt, mucronate, reflexed, plane or with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping at base only; corona 17mm long, cylindrical, slightly ribbed, mouth flared and lightly frilled, with rim dentate. Dwarf. Early.

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Photo #58249 Anne Wright, England