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Wild Onion, Wild Garlic, and Wild Leeks
Allium Canadense L. Wild Onion, Meadow garlic, Wild garlic, Wild Leeks Liliaceae (Lily Family) USDA Symbol: ALCA3 USDA Native Status: Native to U.S. Meadow garlic or wild garlic’s sparse cluster of grass-like leaves and its 8-12 in. flowering stalk grow from a bulb. From between narrow grass-like leaves which originate near its base rises a stem topped by a dome-like cluster of star-shaped pink or whitish flowers; plant has strong onion-like odor. This native perennial has a brown fibrous skin on an edible bulb that tastes like onion. Field Garlic (A. vineale) is similar but has a strong garlic taste. It has greenish or purplish flowers long-tailed bulblets a single-parted spathe and hollow cylindrical leaves. Introduced from Europe it has become a problem weed occurring from New England south to Georgia and west to Arkansas Kansas and Minnesota. If these plants are too abundant in pastures or wheat fields they add an undesirable flavor to such products as milk butter or flour. Wild Leek (A. ampeloprasum) naturalized from Europe is 3-4 1/2 (90-135 cm) tall with long flat leaves 1-2 (30-60 cm) long and a lavender flower cluster 2-2 1/2 (5-6.3 cm) wide; it is found from Virginia to Florida.
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