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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:  Grown as a garden ornamental in Australia.

S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, SL.   Vic.   Native to the Argentine.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: Aug. — Sept.


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