Plant id please

earthgraham · #1 (**permalink**) 12-02-2012, 08:54 PM

I found this plant in a woods in 2010, the flowers were sweet smelling,
I thought it must be a garden escape.
The nearest house about a mile away,so how it got there is a mystery.
Any help please.
Thanks in advance Graham.

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Dorts · #2 (**permalink**) 12-02-2012, 10:31 PM

It's Spring Starflower - Tristagma uniflorum (syn. Ipheion uniflorum). Usually white or pale-blue.
It seems to be spreading, usually near gardens, so interesting to hear of it a bit further afield.

I found this plant last year, beneath a limestone cliff on the Great Orme.

Dorts.

earthgraham · #3 (**permalink**) 13-02-2012, 07:14 PM

Thanks for reply and info Dorts,
I think some of these garden escapes must be planted in the wild for some personal reasons we will never know.
Thanks again Graham.

Hedera · #4 (**permalink**) 13-02-2012, 11:25 PM

I bought some bulbs of this plant years ago, and they have spread into thick masses. Also the seed has dispersed and I find them all over the garden some distance away. The seed is fine so I think the wind blows it, or ants carry it like they have cyclamen. Very pretty, bees like it. Good for cut flowers too. Some are already out in flower.