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I don't know where to start to ID this bulb

20 years ago

My aunt has a little cottage on a beach in NC. When we visited, there were multiple little blue flowers blooming on some type of bulb/rhizome. She said all the old carolina gardens have it, but didn't know what it was. Silly me didn't take a picture. I'm going to ask her to send me some, but in the meanwhile, any suggestions on how to ID this plant?

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fountaam
20 years ago
get thee to a library. Or an online catalog of a bulb seller. Or get a photo that is small enough to post
anna_8nc
20 years ago
This sounds like Ipheion uniflorum, which has the common name of spring star flower or spring star. You can see a picture of it on Hortiplex here at Gardenweb. It sometimes naturalizes to make big patches in lawns.
Anna
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rosekiller
Original Author
20 years ago
ok, the pictures look similar (multiple blooms on a
stalk), but the height is off. Spring Star is only
about a foot tall. The bulb in question was blooming
at a height of at least 1.5-3 feet. I was bending over
(as opposed to kneeling) to take a closer peak.
Sigh... Got any other suggestions?

Boy am I bummed. I thought we had it!

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