Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Account for Campernelle Jonquil - Narcissus x odora   L.
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AuthorL.
DistributionAccording to Weakley et al (2023), known from the Piedmont and Mountains of North Carolina. Collected by B.A. Sorrie on a roadside within the Sandhills of Moore County on 6 March 2024; specimen deposited at NCU. The only specimen for NC at SERNEC is one from 1958 in Robeson County; it needs vetting.

Native to the Old World, in N.A. vouchered from NC and TN south to nw FL and e TX.
AbundanceApparently rare. The Moore County population consisted of 10 small clumps of stems.
HabitatMesic grassy roadside, not far from a stand of alien bamboo.
PhenologyFull flower on 6 March (2024); a few fresh flowers seen on the 15th.
IdentificationSimilar to the Jonquil (N. jonquilla), but the corona is longer, and only a solitary flower per flowering stem.
Taxonomic CommentsApparently derived from hybrids of N. jonquilla and N. pseudonarcissus.

Other Common Name(s)Sweet-scented Jonquil.
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B.A. SorrieBroad roadside of Vass-Carthage Road just S of Farm Life School Road. 16 March 2024. MoorePhoto_non_natural
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