Herb with small ovoid bulbs. Leaves several, onion-scented when bruised, linear, stem-sheathing, flat, waxy blue, shorter than inflorescence. Inflorescence to 30 cm, spathe purple-veined. Flowers 2.5-3 cm wide; spring. Tepals blue to white, fading with age, midvein darker, purplish. Stamens shorter than tepals. [Triteleia uniflora Lindl.]
Uruguay and northern Argentina
Widely grown in gardens as a spring bulb in full sun to light shade.
Naturalised in most states.
Source: (2005). Alliaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Ipheion uniflorum 'Blue Stars'
Ipheion uniflorum 'Froyle Mill'
Flowers deep dusky violet.
Ipheion uniflorum 'Light Blue'
Ipheion uniflorum 'Wisley Blue'
Lobes light blue with darker tips.