• Scientific Name: Narcissus tazetta subsp. chinensis (M.Roem.) Masamura & Yanagih.
• Ref: Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 31:329. 1941
• Synonyms:
  • Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis M.Roem.
  • Narcissus tazetta var. pancratiformis Makino
  • Narcissus tazetta var. pleniflorus Traub
  • Narcissus tazetta var. suisen Siebold
• English Common Name: Chinese narcissus, water fairies
• Chinese Common Name: 水仙 shuǐxiān
• Japanese Common Name: スイセン [水仙] suisen
• Family: Amaryllidaceae
• Genus: Narcissus
• Distribution: Sandy places, wastelands; near sea level to 100 m. SE Fujian, E Zhejiang; widely cultivated as an ornamental in China. It was reported to be introduced 1300-1400 years ago, and has become naturalized in coastal areas and offshore islands of Fujian and Zhejiang.
• Note: Narcissus, son of the nymph Liriope, in Greek mythology, changed into the flower of that name.

Bulbs ovoid. Leaves broadly linear, flat, 20~40 × 0.8~1.5 cm, margin entire, apex obtuse. Flowering stems usually equaling leaves. Umbels 4-8-flowered; involucres membranous. Flowers fragrant; pedicels unequal, perianth tube glaucous, ca. 2 cm, slender, nearly 3-angled; lobes widely spreading, white, broadly elliptic to ovate, apex shortly acute; corona pale yellow, shallowly cupular, less than 1/2 as long as perianth, margin not undulate. Stamens ca. 4 mm, not exserted. Fl. Feb--Mar. 2 n = 30*. (Flora of China)