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Ipheion uniflorum (Graham) Raf.

Spring starflower. (en), Iphéion (fr), Tristagma à une fleur (fr), Iphéion à une fleur (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Ipheion

Characteristics

Plant with odour of garlic when crushed. Leaves flaccid, to 35 cm long and 0.7 mm wide. Inflorescence to 30 cm long; scape slender; spathe valves purple-veined, scarious, c. 2.5 mm long. Flowers violet to blue fading to almost white, with darker purple vein adaxially on each lobe; pedicel to 5 cm long. Perianth persistent; tube obconical, to 1.2 cm long; lobes acute, to 1.6 cm long and 0.7 mm wide. Stamens having shorter whorl included in perianth tube and longer whorl slightly exserted from tube. Style filiform, c. 5 mm long; stigma between the 2 sets of anthers. Capsule cylindrical, to c. 1 cm long. Seeds obovoid, c. 2 mm long, pitted, black.
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Summer-green perennial. Bulb c. 2 × 1 cm, white. Leaves all basal, c. 25 cm × 5 mm, ± flat, ± glaucous. Scape erect, 15-20 cm high. Flowers 1-(2), light blue-violet or whitish, to 3 cm diam., tubular portion c. 1 cm long, lobes acute with a single dark purple vein; pedicel c. 3 cm long, invested for more than ½ its length by 2 connate purple-veined spathe-valves. Capsule globose, c. 7-8 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 5-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Ipheion uniflorum habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Ipheion uniflorum flower picture by Martin Bishop (cc-by-sa)
Ipheion uniflorum flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Ipheion uniflorum flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ipheion uniflorum world distribution map, present in Australia, France, New Zealand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:536909-1
WFO ID wfo-0001072921
COL ID 7X44Z
BDTFX ID 69663
INPN ID 127685
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Beauverdia uniflora f. tenuitepala Ipheion uniflorum f. conspicuum Milla uniflora Tristagma uniflorum Tristagma peregrinans Brodiaea uniflora Leucocoryne uniflora Milla bonariensis Milla conspicua Beauverdia uniflora Tristagma uniflorum f. album Tristagma uniflorum f. violaceum Tristagma uniflorum f. conspicuum Tristagma uniflorum f. tenuitepalum Tristagma uniflorum f. roseoplenum Tristagma uniflorum f. pauciflorum Triteleia uniflora Hookera uniflora Beauverdia uniflora f. alba Ipheion uniflorum f. album Ipheion uniflorum f. violaceum Brodiaea uniflora var. alba Brodiaea uniflora var. conspicua Brodiaea uniflora var. violacea Milla uniflora var. conspicua Beauverdia uniflora f. roseo-plena Hookera uniflora f. violacea Ipheion uniflorum f. roseo-plenum Ipheion uniflorum f. tenuitepalum Triteleia conspicua Ipheion uniflorum
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