General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Plant Height: 2-5 inches
Leaves: Other: grass-like (smells like garlic)
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs

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Common names
  • Spring Starflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Ipheion uniflorum
  • Synonym: Tristagma uniflorum

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Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2024-03-16
Location: Fairfax, VA
Date: 2022-04-01
Location: Atlanta Botanical Garden
Date: 2022-03-03
Location: Fairfax, VA
Date: 2022-04-01
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2020-03-08
Location: Fairfax, VA
Date: 2022-04-01
Location: j c raulston arboretum, raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2020-03-09
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-04-07
Location: My Garden of Good and Evil
Date: 2023-03-05
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-04-20
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-02-02

Date: 2008-04-29
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-29

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-04-09
with bee :-)
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-04-15
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-04-17
Location: Sharps Chapel, Tennessee
Date: 2018-02-27
Ipheion naturalizing in lawn

Date: 2011-04-21

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