The pretty, little Spring Starflowers are blooming along  the sides of the roads on Cape Cod. They are so pretty and delicate with their light purple color and bright yellow center.

”The foliage has an onion-like scent when crushed. The stem grows up to 20 cm (8 in) tall and bears a solitary showy flower in spring (hence the Latin name uniflorum – “single flower”). Each honey-scented, star-shaped flower has six pointed lobes up to 3 centimeters long in shades of very pale to deep purple-blue.”

Have you ever seen a Spring Starflower?