See text Narcissus pseudonarcissus, commonly named the wild daffodil or Lent lily (Welsh: Cennin Pedr), is a perennial flowering plant.

)[7] The species is native to Western Europe from Spain and Portugal east to Germany and north to England and Wales.

In Britain native populations have decreased substantially since the 19th century due to intensification of agriculture, clearance of woodland and uprooting of the bulbs for use in gardens.

In England, the Farndale valley in the North York Moors National Park hosts a large population of the species, along the banks of the River Dove.

[8][9] In addition, various cultivars of N. pseudonarcissus have escaped and become naturalised across the United Kingdom, and can often be found growing on roadsides, in parks,[10] along streams and in areas where bulbs have been deposited alongside other organic material removed from gardens.

Many of the subspecies listed below are currently considered as species by the Royal Horticultural Society, the International Cultivar Registration Authority for daffodils.

Such rare forms were known to exist as long ago as the late 16th and early 17th century by botanists and herbalists such as John Gerard and John Parkinson, who variously described them as "Pseudonarcissus Anglicus flore pleno", "Gerrards double Daffodill" and later "The English Double Daffodil".

[17] The daffodil is the national flower of Wales, it is called Cennin Pedr (Peter's Leek) in Welsh.

"Ecophysiology of seed dormancy and the control of germination in early spring-flowering Galanthus nivalis and Narcissus pseudonarcissus (Amaryllidaceae)".