Family: Amaryllidaceae
Ipheion uniflorum
Citation:
Raft, Fl. Tellur. 2:12 (1836).
Synonymy: Milla uniflora Graham, Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. 1833:174 (1833).
, Triteleia uniflora Common name: Spring star-flower.
Description:
Bulb 10-15 mm diam., with a few lateral bulbils; leaves linear, usually to 25 cm long and c. 8 mm broad.
Flowers solitary on an unbranched scape usually less than 20 cm high; spathe-bracts narrow, to 2 cm long; pedicels slightly exceeding spathes; flower blue, c. 25 mm long, the perianth fused to form a tube for about half its length, the lobes spreading.
Capsule oblong, c. 15 mm long.
Distribution:
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Grown as a garden ornamental in Australia.
S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, SL. Vic. Native to the Argentine.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Aug. — Sept.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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