Spring Starflower

Ipheion uniflorum

"Ipheion uniflorum" is a species of flowering plant, related to the onions, placed in the allium subfamily of the Amaryllidaceae. It is native to Argentina and Uruguay, but is widely cultivated as an ornamental and reportedly naturalized in Great Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Spring Starflower - Ipheion uniflorum Naturalised in Australia. Australia,Eamw flora,Geotagged,Ipheion uniflorum,Nixon Skinner conservation park Myponga SA,Winter

Appearance

This is a small herbaceous perennial growing from a bulb and producing flat, shiny, green, hairless, grasslike leaves up to 30 cm long. The foliage has an onionlike scent when crushed. The stem grows up to 20 cm tall and bears a solitary showy flower in spring. Each honey-scented, star-shaped flower has six pointed lobes up to 3 centimeters long in shades of very pale to deep purple-blue.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyAmaryllidaceae
GenusIpheion
SpeciesI. uniflorum
Photographed in
Australia