Daffodil (corrupted from Lat. asphodelus), the English name of those species of Narcissus which have a large bell-shaped corona. The Common Daffodil (N. pseudo-narcissus) is a native of England and of most parts of Europe, growing in woods and hedges, and often cultivated in gardens, where it not infrequently becomes double. It is naturalised in many places in Scotland and Ireland, but seems scarcely indigenous. From Herrick's lament to Wordsworth's dancing verse we have widely varied recognitions of the familiar golden cups of the daffodil as a source alike of poetic wealth and inspiration. See NARCISSUS.