Sunstar
Classification:
3 W-O[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, before 1921
Awards:
Special Class:
Seed Parent: 
Will Scarlett 2 W-O 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1898
N. abscissus x N. radiiflorus var. poetarum
Will Scarlett
?
Pollen Parent: 
Unknown
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
10 times as seed, 57 times as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Perianth is ivory white; cup is disc-shaped with an eye of solid rich dark red; There is a question if the seed parent is ‘Will Scarlett’?

According to The American Horticultural Society’s 1937 issue of the The American Daffodil Year Book, Guy L. Wilson’s article “Some Modern Daffodils for Garden Decoration” states: “Sunstar, a late flower close to Poeticus in character, has broad milk white perianth of much substance and dark solid red eye; it has ample vigor, but should be planted in half shade to enjoy its color.”

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SunstarSunstar, 3 W-O, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #53201 Garden Club of Virginia, USA