[jaycee]

Geologist: I have always wondered, too, so I looked it up and this is the answer I got. It sounds very likely to be true!

Both Jonquils and Daffodils are both Narcissus sp., but a Jonquil usually refers to the native (Portugal/Spain) species (Narcissus jonquilla) or those which are similar in appearance to the native Jonquils. Jonquils are typically smaller flowering - where as Daffodil is usually a larger trumpet flower.

There are various "classifications" (13 classes) of Daffodil varieties and their characteristics vary from each class. Jonquils (I believe) refer to these single and native type of "species-like" narcissus. They are smaller and more clustered v. a typical hybridized Daffodil. Jonquils are (typically) clustered and smaller - similar to a "paper white" in the size of the blooms.

This was answered by Chris, A Former landscape architect and experienced SoCal gardener!

[geologist]

I read in the dictionary, the jonquil was fragrant, the daffadill did not say fragrant. So that might be a great clue, if true.

[geologist]

I read in the dictionary, the jonquil was fragrant, the daffodil did not say fragrant. So that might be a great clue, if true.