Identification: white shooting-star like flower

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    I saw a small group of these in Cobble hill today and was so curious it brought me to this site. Thank you for the posts, it helped me understand. There is also a flower that I saw a month ago and have never seen it before. It was single and very beautiful. White with carnation like petals. Pink scattered in the centre region and a long stem. I will search and see what I come up with ;-)
     
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    Re: White Shooting Star

    That would be exceptionally late in the season, unless you mean you saw the foliage?
     
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    No actually atleast a group of 4 flowers. I can take a photo of it tomorrow :-)...If I can find the exact area I saw it..it was roadside near ditch.
     
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    Here are the pics...Not just the same as above..perhaps another name? Excuse my grubby gardening fingers :-0
     

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    A white-flowering variety of hardy cyclamen -- not native, so it looks like it has naturalized in the area.
     
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    Thank you
     
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