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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Allium vineale   FAMILY Alliaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium vineale ssp. vineale   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Allium vineale ssp. compactum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Allium vineale ssp. vineale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Allium vineale

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Allium vineale ssp. compactum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Allium vineale ssp. vineale

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-001:

Allium vineale   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Allium vineale

 

COMMON NAME:
Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic


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image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_107

        

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

Roxanna Martin    rlm51809_019

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Young flowerhead enclosed by broad papery bract with long tapering point, per www.plant-identification.co.uk

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

Roxanna Martin    rlm52609_040

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

Roxanna Martin    rlm52910_314

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

Roxanna Martin    rlm53110_196

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm0406d_36

June    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm0506f_05

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Flowers, if present, pinkish, on stalks c 10-20mm long, per www.plant-identification.co.uk

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm0506f_3637

June    Pickens County    SC

Roadside

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm130603_200

June    Greenville County    SC

A membranous spathe surrounds the inflorescence & extends into a slender beak, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm130603_203

June    Greenville County    SC

Scapes erect; leaves cylindric, hollow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm130629_362

June    Greenville County    SC

Bulb composed of segments, flattened on 1 side, enclosed by a membranous coat, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm190604_9049

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

Roxanna Martin    rlm6309_007

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Bulbils putting out new shoots while still on the plant, per www.plant-identification.co.uk

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

Roxanna Martin    rlm6410_263

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

Roxanna Martin    rlm6411_175

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

Roxanna Martin    rlm6510_183

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Perianth urceolate to cylindric, stamens and stigma barely exserted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

Roxanna Martin    rlm6610_18

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Umbel of bulbils or flowers or both. When flowers, usually 50 or more, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Allium vineale, Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Onion-grass, Crow Garlic

Roxanna Martin    rlm7112009_9

July    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Allium vineale   FAMILY Alliaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium vineale ssp. vineale   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Allium vineale ssp. compactum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Allium vineale ssp. vineale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Allium vineale

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Allium vineale ssp. compactum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Allium vineale ssp. vineale

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-001:
Allium vineale   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Allium vineale

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Lawns, pastures, other disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender/White
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in umbels

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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