Field of yellow narcissus daffodils
The name Narcissus is derived from that of the youth of Greek mythology called Narkissos, who, in at least one of many variations of the tale, became so obsessed with his own reflection as he kneeled and gazed into a pool of water that he fell into the water and drowned. The legend continues that the Narcissus plant first sprang from where he died. There are several plurals in common use: Narcissi, Narcissuses, and Narcissus. This last is common in American English, and is the form preferred by the American Daffodil Society, but it is very rare in British usage. The American Webster's Third New International Dictionary gives plurals in the order Narcissus, Narcissuses, and Narcissi, but the British Compact Oxford English Dictionary lists just Narcissi and Narcissuses. The name Daffodil is derived from an earlier Affodell, a variant of Asphodel. The reason for the introduction of the initial d is not known, although a probable source is an etymological merging from the Dutch article de, as in De affodil. From at least the sixteenth century Daffadown Dilly or daffadown dilly has appeared as a playful synonym of the name. The name jonquil is sometimes used in North America, particularly in the Southeastern United States, but strictly speaking that name belongs only to the rush-leaved Narcissus jonquilla and cultivars derived from it. Flowers of the tazzetta-group species Narcissus papyraceus are commonly called paper whites
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