Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Allium canadense
FAMILY
Alliaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Allium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium canadense var. canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-002a:
Allium canadense var. canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Allium canadense
COMMON NAME:
Wild Onion, Meadow Garlic
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JK Marlow jkm160206_974
February Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Bulb not divided into flat-sided segments; coat fibrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm080517_017
May McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm110511_430
May Edgefield County SC
The terminal umbel is usually a mixture of bulblets and flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Keith Bradley kab_allium_canadense_7185
May Lexington County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_allium_canadense_3
May
Though native, often appearing weedy, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Jeff Ausmus jma_allcan
June Monroe County MI
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Jeff Ausmus jma_allcan2
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_allcan3
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Allium canadense
FAMILY
Alliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium canadense var. canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-002a:
Allium canadense var. canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Allium canadense
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA-NC-SC & Coastal Plain of GA)
Look for it in bottomland forests, pastures, on roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p108
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p228?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p334?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p379
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p163?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p353?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p408
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p011?
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p065?