Clades: Allioideae,
Amaryllidaceae.
English: Springstar; Spring starflower.
Genus: sometimes placed in
Themidaceae; soemtimes it in the genus Tristagma, incorrectly.
Region: Argentina, Uruguay.
Use: ornamental
Botany: small herbaceous perennial; growing from a bulb; leaves flat, shiny, green, hairless, grass-like, to 30 cm, onion like scent when crushed; stem 20 cm tall, bears a solitary showy flower in spring; flower honey-scented, star-shaped, with six pointed lobes, very pale to deep purple-blue.