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Wild Garlic
Wild Garlic
Allium vineale
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Europe and Africa
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Bulbs
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Wild Garlic is a perennial, bulb-forming species of wild onion native to Europe, northwestern Africa, and the Middle East. It was introduced in Australia and North America, where it has become an invasive species.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Allium
Species
Allium vineale