
March Jonquil

Image enlarged for detail
Actual size is 7/8" diameter
Botanical Name: Narcissus
Message: Affection
returned, desire
Very similar to
Daffodils, the name Jonquil comes from the Spanish word
Jonquillo, which
means rush, and this refers to the rush-like leaves.
This family of flowers is
surrounded by mythology. Narcissus, it is told, saw his own image in a pool,
found
it to be beautiful, and when
he leaned into the pool to kiss his own image, he drowned and became the flower.
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