Nothoscordum sp.
Jane McGary (Mon, 03 Aug 2015 10:01:56 PDT)

Lee wrote:
"Googled this and found that it is a synonym for Nothoscordum gracile
var. macrostemon, which apparently is found in Argentina and southern
Brazil (and presumably Uruguay?). My label says that you got it from
Harry Hay and it was from Chile. Whatever they are, I believe that what
Harry Hay had and what Kurt Vickery provided, are the same species. "

I have found that seeds sourced from garden plants, including a couple
attributed to Harry Hay, are sometimes misidentified, and I think this
may stem from their being older collections that either were
misidentified by the original collectors, or whose data became muddled
during years of cultivation and circulation through seed exchanges.
Within the rock/alpine gardening interest there are numerous well-known
instances of this. I was a victim of one that resulted in my growing
Nothoscordum inodorum under the name of a Leucojum, and I still haven't
managed to eliminate it completely.

Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA