Spring Starflower - Tristagma uniflorum

It has starry six petalled flowers which may be white or cream.

Found on cultivated ground, roadsides and waste ground, and in churchyards. It readily becomes established in suitable habitats, especially on sandy soils but is most often found at the coast or close to habitation as a garden escape.

Late spring.

Bulbous perennial.

Tristagma uniflorum has escaped mostly into the southern English counties. The highest concentration of records is from around the London area, along the south coast of England and the east Anglian coast. Otherwise it is dotted here and there with records becoming scarcer as you go north. It is common on the Channel Islands but absent from Scotland and very rare in Ireland.

Uncommon or under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.