Narcissus is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil, narcissus and jonquil are used to describe all or some members of the genus. Narcissus has conspicuous flowers with six petal like tepals surmounted by a cup or trumpet shaped corona. The flowers are generally white and yellow, with either uniform or contrasting coloured tepals and corona.