Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Allium ampeloprasum
FAMILY
Alliaceae
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Learn more about Allium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium ampeloprasum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Allium ampeloprasum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Allium ampeloprasum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Allium ampeloprasum var. atroviolaceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-004:
Allium ampeloprasum FAMILY Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Wild Leek, Yorktown Onion, Elephant Garlic
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_allium_ampeloprasum
June
Umbel erect, globose, to 500-flowered. Flowers urceolate, tepals erect, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Allium ampeloprasum
FAMILY
Alliaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium ampeloprasum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Allium ampeloprasum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Allium ampeloprasum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Allium ampeloprasum var. atroviolaceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-004:
Allium ampeloprasum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides and other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in umbels
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p382
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p537
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p354
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p409
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