Flower ID help.

[rootofnewt]

A few weeks ago, some flowers came up on the east side of the house. I have no clue what they are. They were obviously planted and are perennial.

Here they are. The picture isn't perfect, but the flowers are a pale blueish white, more bluiesh around the edges of the petals. One flower to a stalk. Leaves are long and thin and come up in a clump/rosette. Flowers followed a week later. They've stayed up for a couple weeks and are just now starting to fade/die.

Any ideas?

Comments

[angldst.livejournal.com]

The most likely suspect I've come up with, after looking through some of my garden/plant books, is something called 'Glory-of-the-Sun', Scientific title Leucocoryne ixiodes, of hte Alliaceae family

Those are rather pretty...do they carry any scent?

-d

[krasota.livejournal.com]

No scent that I can smell, but it's not like I can smell much of anything outside, what with all the pollen.

I did a google image search on the name you provided and the only one which resembled it was an old botanical etching/engraving--none of the actual pictures resembled the actual petal structure. I'm not surprised--Virginia tends to hoard older cultivars. I might ask the local ag extension office if nobody knows for sure.

[dahliablue.livejournal.com]

I don't know what they are, but they sure are perty. I love blue flowers.

[chorus-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

damn....that looks familiar for some reason, I want to say I've seen a picture of it in one of my wildcrafting books, seems like there is some kind of medicinal use for a part of the plant, but damn if I can remember what right now. I will dig through my books (luckily I have them sitting out for some research at the moment) and try to figure out who/wha/eh? I want to say it's called a star something wort for some reason :( **pokes brain**

[98.livejournal.com]

Glory in the snow, a chionodoxia, would be my guess but I say that with little confidence.

Her is one pic I found.

[lupa.livejournal.com]

yes, i can say with confidence that those are definitely Glory-of-the-Snow.

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

Even though the flower petals look very different? The ones on my plant are clearly overlayed . . . they almost look more like sepals than petals, three on top, three on bottom, with each unit level appearing to be related.

[lupa.livejournal.com]

hrm that's a good point - i didn't look closely enough at the pic. the depth of the center where the pistil and stamens are also recommend against chionodoxia. how tall is the stalk?

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Six to ten inches.

[zeldajean.livejournal.com]

oh, at that height, perhaps not forget-me-nots...

[zeldajean.livejournal.com]

They appear to be forget-me-nots.