Mike Salmon's book classifies this as Narcissus hispanicus subsp.radinganorum. Narcissus albimarginatus is a real beauty with a strong jonquil scent. it seems to be restricted to Jebel Bouhachem, part of the Rif mountains of northern Morocco. While I was taking this picture I was privileged to have an acorn thrown at me by a barbary ape (nice to interact with nature). On revisiting the site a couple of years ago I was saddened to see that many of the plants near the road had been ripped up, clearly by unscrupulous collectors; fortunately it seemed to be thriving in a more remote site, in oak leafmould on a steep bank in dense shade. Mike Salmon regards it as a natural hybrid. In his book he suggests that it is a cross between two very distinct subsections of the genus, _N calcicola subsp. tingitana_ and _N cantabricus subsp. eualbidus_ (which certainly grows nearby). Recently chatting to him, he had changed his mind and said that he thought _N triandrus_ was a parent rather than _calcicola_. _N calcicola_ certainly grows (or grew) in the Rif and could explain the wonderful scent, but I am not aware that _N triandrus_ grows there (happy to be proved wrong). There is not a huge amount of variation in the wild populations I have seen, so if it is a hybrid it seems a stable one. It seems to be settling down in cultivation so I hope the wild population can recover from pillaging. Chris Lovell. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Narcissus albimarginatus in habitat.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 4136641 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: bouhachem .JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 4588707 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>