Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Learn more about Field Garlic from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Allium vineale
FAMILY
Alliaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium vineale ssp. vineale
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-001:
Allium vineale
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Crow Garlic, Onion Grass
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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
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
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.
JK Marlow jkm130603_203
June Greenville County SC
Scapes erect; leaves cylindric, hollow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.
Roxanna Martin rlm6309_007
June Spartanburg County SC
Bulbils putting out new shoots while still on the plant, per www.plant-identification.co.uk
Roxanna Martin rlm6510_183
June Spartanburg County SC
Perianth urceolate to cylindric, stamens and stigma barely exserted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.