Origin and Habitat: Tristagma nivaleSN|35567]]SN|35567]] is native to Argentina and Southern Chile, Andean Region. 2, up to 37 ° Latitude South in the Tierra del Fuego.
Habitat: It is found both in the Patagonian steppe in Argentina as in the Andes mountain range, in Argentina and Chile. Open places, sandy and rocky soils, central Andes. Flowering: Mostly from November to January, but it has been collected from October to March.

• Tristagma nivale Poepp.
• Brodiaea nivalis (Poepp.) Baker
• Ipheion nivale (Poepp.) Traub
• Milla nivalis (Poepp.) Baker

• Tristagma nivale Poepp.
• Brodiaea nivalis (Poepp.) Baker
• Ipheion nivale (Poepp.) Traub
• Milla nivalis (Poepp.) Baker
• Tristagma chubutense Gand.
• Tristagma eremophilum Speg.
• Tristagma fragrans Ravenna
• Tristagma nivale var. angustifolia Neger ex Dusén
• Tristagma philippii Gand.

• Tristagma nivale f. australe (Neger ex Dusén) Ravenna
• Tristagma australe Neger ex Dusén
• Tristagma inflatum Rendle
• Tristagma pulchellum Speg.

Description: Tristagma nivaleSN|35567]]SN|35567]] is a small geophyte with an ovoid bulb, curled leaves and attractive white, greenish or brownish, star-like flowers
Bulb:* Tunicate, ovate to oblong, 10-33 mm in diameter, 31-52 cm long. outer scales membranous.
Leaves: Generally 2 to 6(-8), (3-)5-22(-30) cm long, 1-4 mm wide, slightly fleshy, narrow linear, or lanceolate, sometimes circinate, obtuse, bright green, entire.
Inflorescence: Scape simple 4-21 cm long, bracts 11-17 mm long. Spathe-valves bipartitate. Pedicels 1-35 mm long, unequal and recurved, tending to deepen the curvature when fructifying. Flowers 2-3, united into an umbel.
Flowers: Hermaphroditic, scentless, white, greenish or purple-blackish with dark reddish or greenish brown striae. Tepals succulent with thickened recurved apex 1.5-2.5(-3) cm long fused for more than 1/2 of their length forming a conspicuous tube. Perianth tube tubular to infundibuliform. Filaments linear, short with long anthers, the shorter ones not longer than 2 mm long, the longer up to 5 mm long. Style simple 6–14 mm long not protruding above the longer filaments, stigma capitate, obtuse. Ovary ovate 2-5 mm
Fruit: Capsule 3-celled, subglobose to ovoid, glabrous, brown, many seeded.
Seeds: Black

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Herbertia, Volumi 12-14, 1947
2) “Plantas altoandinas en la flora silvestre de Chile”, Ediciones Fundación Claudio Gay, 1998
3) (PDF) "An annotated checklist of the genus Tristagma (Amaryllidaceae, Allioideae)". Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308512871_An_annotated_checklist_of_the_genus_Tristagma_Amaryllidaceae_Allioideae [accessed Jan 02 2019].
4) (PDF) "Revisión Taxonómica de las Especies del Género Sudamericano Tristagma (Amaryllidaceae, Allioideae)". Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325425248_Revision_Taxonomica_de_las_Especies_del_Genero_Sudamericano_Tristagma_Amaryllidaceae_Allioideae [accessed Jan 02 2019].

Cultivation and Propagation: Tristagma nivaleSN|35567]]SN|35567]]is a hardy plant that can be grown in the alpine house