Paperwhite
Narcissus papyraceus Ker Gawl.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 41 cm
- wide
- 25 cm
Amaryllidaceae
Also called Paperwhite narcissus, Běła narcisa, Paper-white Daffodil
Formerly Hermione papyracea
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Bulbous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Medit.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Platt Hill Nursery, one source
- Height
- 41 cmRead from Platt Hill Nursery, one source
- Spread
- 25 cmRead from Platt Hill Nursery, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Platt Hill Nursery, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Platt Hill Nursery and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Platt Hill Nursery white, yellow; Wikipedia white
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- French
- Narcisse papyracé, Narcisse blanc, Narcisse papyrus
- Estonian
- pabernartsiss
- Portuguese
- Narciso-Fétido
- Chinese (China)
- 小水仙, 纸白水仙
- Chinese
- 小水仙, 纯白水仙, 臭水仙
- Russian
- Нарцисс бумаговидный
- Hebrew
- נרקיס ניירי, נרקיס מלבין
- Arabic
- نرجس رقيق, نرجس أبيض الورق
- Japanese
- シロバナスイセン
- Italian
- Narciso papiraceo
- Finnish
- vititasetti
- Slovak
- narcis papierovitý
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Platt Hill Nursery, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Narcissus papyraceus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.