The Austrian Coin Office and the Bad Aussee Daffodil Festival
June 16, 2026
A quite special daffodil grows wild in the Ausseerland region. The star daffodil (Narcissus radiiflorus) prefers altitudes of up to around 1,600 metres. When it blooms in May, it covers entire meadows with its characteristic white stars. Such daffodil meadows are among the most species-rich habitats in the Alps. Because the star daffodil is of central importance to the Daffodil Festival, an association in Ausseerland is dedicated to protecting the daffodil meadows and ensuring that there will still be enough star daffodils in a hundred years’ time to hold the festival. Picking the flowers is, in fact, not a problem for the survival of the species. They reproduce not only via seeds, but primarily via their bulbs.
From Coin Weekly