Narcissus, commonly called daffodil, is a genus offloweringplants in the familyAmaryllidaceae. The scientific name of the plant is often linked to the myth ofNarcissus, who became so obsessed with hisown reflectionin water that he drowned, although it is not clear whether the flower was named after the myth or the myth after the flower. The other common name is jonquil, after a particular species of the family.
daffodil