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Narcissus jonquilla, commonly known as jonquil or rush daffodil, is a bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus. It is native to Spain and Portugal and has become naturalised in many other regions, among them France, Italy and Turkey. Its long, narrow, rush-like leaves gave the plant the name jonquil. In late spring it bears heads of up to five scented yellow or white flowers.

Its conservation status is Data Deficient under the IUCN categories. It is a parent of numerous varieties within Division 7 of the horticultural classification, which in the Royal Horticultural Society system covers hybrids and cultivars of N. jonquilla and N. apodanthus that show clear characteristics of those two species.

Narcissus is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Narcissus flowers are used as cut flowers and to obtain high quality essential oils for the perfume industry. The fragrances of the genus are predominantly monoterpenes with a small amount of benzenoids, although N. jonquilla has both equally represented. Other ingredients of these fragrances include indole, isopentenoids and very small amounts of sesquiterpenes. The basic monoterpene precursor is geranyl pyrophosphate, and the commonest monoterpenes of these fragrances are limonene, myrcene and trans-β-ocimene. The genus is generally considered to have about ten sections and approximately 70-80 species, and it arose in the Iberian Peninsula and adjacent areas of southwest Europe in the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene.

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