Squill, Scilla Sp., is a lovely little spring bulb with brilliant blue petals. It's related to lilies, with parts in threes. There are three petals and three identical sepal, so it looks like 6. you can see there are no green sepals at the back of the flower. Six stamens with bluish anthers. Is the pollen blue as well?
This one is probably Siberian squill, which is actually from the Caucuses, not Siberia. Soviet squill, perhaps? It's the most common squill planted in gardens and naturalized in lawns here in central New Jersey.
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