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How to Grow
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Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Bulb, Edible, Native Plant, Perennial, Poisonous, Weed, Wildflower, Grass/Grass-like
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Height
0-1 ft.
Flower
Each flowering stalk terminates in an inflorescence that has a sack-like covering that splits open and withers away to reveal an umbel of 6 to 12 small 1/2inch pedicellate flowers or sessile bulblets or a combination of each. The flowers are a dome-like cluster of star-shaped pink or whitish flowers on a naked flower stalk. The bulblets are about ¼ inch long, ovoid in shape, and light green to pinkish-red. Wild Garlic is especially likely to flower or have reddish bulblets in a sunny situation.
Fruit
Seed capsules contain several small dark seeds.
Benefits
Attracts
Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Pollinators
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Taxonomy
Order
Liliales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Allium