Cultivars of the daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus (formerly known as N. gracile) are common garden plants, some of which have become naturalised in Tasmania. The leaves are flat up to 50 cm long and 5-15 mm wide and occur at the base of the plant. The flowers are solitary, yellow, with six petals/sepals and a petaloid tube inside the petals/sepals.

Cultivars of polyanthus (N. tazetta), often commonly called jonquil, are also very common garden plants that are quite widely naturalised, especially on or near old garden sites. They have several flowers in the inflorescence, and much smaller coronas than daffodils. The petals and sepals are usually white, but may be yellow in cultivation.

This family was once considered to be part of Liliaceae, which was a very artificial grouping of plants and has therefore been splintered into numerous families. To see the fates of the other Tasmanian genera formerly in Liliaceae click here.