View source for Phil Bendle Collection:Ipheion uniflorum (Spring starflower)

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'''Kingdom:''' Plantae<br />
'''Clade''': Angiosperms<br />
'''Clade:''' Monocots<br />
'''Order''': Asparagales<br />
'''Family:''' Amaryllidaceae<br />
'''Subfamily''': Allioideae<br />
'''Genus:''' Ipheion<br />
'''Species''': I. uniflorum<br />
'''Binomial name:''' Ipheion uniflorum<br />
'''Synonyms:''' Triteleia uniflora, Brodiaea uniflora, Tristagma uniflorum, Milla uniflora<br />
'''Common names''': Springstar, Spring Starflower

Ipheion uniflorum is a species of flowering plant, related to the onions. It is native to Argentina and Uruguay, but is widely cultivated as an ornamental, is now naturalised in New Zealand.<br />
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Ipheion uniflorum is a small herbaceous perennial growing from a bulb and producing flat, shiny, green, hairless, grass-like leaves up to 30 cm long. The foliage has an onion-like 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 centimetres long in shades of very pale to deep purple-blue. There are several cultivars.

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