Buttercup
Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, before 1906
Awards:
Special Class:
Seed Parent: 
Emperor 1 Y-Y 
William Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1869
N. bicolor x N. pseudonarcissus
Emperor
Pollen Parent: 
N. x odorus Division 13 Species
Section: Intersectional Hybrid
N. jonquilla and N. pseudonarcissus OR N. jonquilla and N. hispanicus
N. x odorus
Pedigree Chart:
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
Comments

Hybrid between ‘Emperor’ and N. x odorus, Varies between Divisions 2 and 1.

Fl. rich deep yellow; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, spreading or slightly reflexed, with margins wavy, of heavy substance, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments with margins incurving or more strongly wavy; corona cylindrical, angled or loosely ribbed, mouth flared and lightly frilled, rim almost entire. Scented

According to the American Daffodil Year Book of 1935 published by the American Horticultural Society in Alfred Bates’ article “in Praise of Old Daffodils”, gives this description: “Buttercup, with its large, massive, rich golden flowers…”