Is Sternbergia lutea a crocus, daffodil, or neither?

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Is Sternbergia lutea a crocus, daffodil, or neither?

What are they? Sternbergias?
I have seen them called both "winter daffodils" and "autumn crocus"

2007-03-22 06:02:46 · 2 answers · asked by Lane 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape

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They are their own genus but are related to daffodils. The bulb looks like a daffodil hence the autumn daffodil name, and the flower like the crocus hence the autumn crocus name but they are neither.

2007-03-23 01:02:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Crocus, but it gets daffodil as a nickname. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/bulbs-summer/sternbergia.html

2007-03-22 06:25:37 · answer #2 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋