Perennial herb, with the odor of garlic. Leaves: slender, glaucous. The flower stalks is solid, slender from 12-40" tall with few to several sheathing leaves and is terminated by an umbel of all bulblets or all flowers, or a mixture of both. The flowers are few to numerous , small, urn-shaped, red-purple to lavender to greenish or white. from 0.12-0.2" long on stalks from 0.4-1" long. The inner stamens have 2 white hair-like appendages that protrude from the corolla. Found throughout TN in disturbed sites, lawns, fields and pastures. Bloom time May-June. The plant is a native of Europe and is now well established as a noxious weed.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Field Garlic, Wild Onion (Allium vineale)
Perennial herb, with the odor of garlic. Leaves: slender, glaucous. The flower stalks is solid, slender from 12-40" tall with few to several sheathing leaves and is terminated by an umbel of all bulblets or all flowers, or a mixture of both. The flowers are few to numerous , small, urn-shaped, red-purple to lavender to greenish or white. from 0.12-0.2" long on stalks from 0.4-1" long. The inner stamens have 2 white hair-like appendages that protrude from the corolla. Found throughout TN in disturbed sites, lawns, fields and pastures. Bloom time May-June. The plant is a native of Europe and is now well established as a noxious weed.
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