origination:
PERSEPHONE: the most delicate of the FIs in color, texture, form and foliage; Nassos Daphnis (D-26) L26 x 44 White Queen. The petals are a pale, velvety, almost transparent yellow, curving back slightly at the rim. The foliage is slender. The name, from Greek mythology, refers to Demetra's daughter.
Walter Good:
M.S. Uspenskaja 2003, p. 180:
