Killdeer
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Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Grant E. Mitsch

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

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1970
Seed Parent: 
2W seedling (
Green Island 2 W-GWY 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Gracious x Seraglio
Green Island
x
Chinese White 3 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1937
Silver Plane x (Silver Coin x unknown)
Chinese White
)
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
C55/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments broad, soft greenish yellow, paler at base, reflexed, with margins wavy; corona very pale, with mouth expanded.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s Bird Series.

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KilldeerKilldeer, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1970
Photo #3371 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA