Ipheion uniflorum is a species of flowering plant, related to the onions, placed in the allium subfamily (Allioideae) of the Amaryllidaceae. It is known by the common name springstar, or spring starflower. Along with all species of the genus Ipheion, some sources place it in the genus Tristagma, but research published in 2010 suggested that this is incorrect. It is native to Argentina and Uruguay, but is widely cultivated as an ornamental and reportedly naturalized in Great Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand  and the United States. Wikipedia

Every day that I walk through my garden that used to be our garden, I cannot escape the presence of my Rosemary. She first planted Ipheion uniflorum around our round rose bed in our former garden in Kerrisdale. She certainl must have brought some them as they are happily growing in my lane garden. This flower and Verbena bonariensis were plants she knew grew in my Argentina. This was the kind of woman that Rosemary was.

I was going to scan ipheions  yesterday in the afternoon but I had forgotten that they are light sensitive and are only open full at about noon.

And because I can, since today was Rosemary’s birthday I could not resist including in my scan a favourite portrait (taken with my Pentacon-F that had a self-timer) of us in our home in Mexico City in the early 70s.

And of course Rosemary would have known as I only now just found out that the underside of the Ipheion is as lovely as its top side.