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Posted: Apr/23/2006 12:13 AM PST
Could someone give me a confirmed ID on this plant, It is in NC, and I am not from here and do not know it. I have heard many names for it thus far but would like to know what variety this is in the family. It is part of the onion/garlic family I believe. It has a mild onion/garlic smell. The leaves are hollow and nearly round except for one flatter edge in older leaves (see picture). The Flower heads (I have no picture yet this year) are a combination of bulblets and white flowers on 1/4" or so stems, they are about half and half on the flower head if I remember right from last year. The seeds produced are kind of flat and black. The bulb is not very big, this picture is off of a smaller newer plant and contained numerous clovess which would become new bulblets in the fall (as I've noticed). I am wondering if this is an edible plant and if so what parts are. They grow very prolific in this area, often forming tufts of colonies in the lawns. Thank you for your help. Northgirl Attachments:      |
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Posted: Apr/27/2006 12:14 PM PST
Hi Ron, thanks for responding. I thought that too but in a book that I have 'Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants in North America" it don't look at all like it: Wild Onion: Bulb usually redish purple, slender. Stems erect except arching at tip. The picture shows drooping pink flowers and no mix of flowers and bulblets. It also don't fit the description for wild garlic as the leave of that are flat and not hollow. Could it be field garlic . . . the smell and taste don't seem strong enough, but I don't have a good description of that one. Thanks, Northgirl |
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Posted: Apr/27/2006 4:26 PM PST
Wild garlic is what we call it around here. Its big claim to fame is "flavoring" cows milk. Needless to say the dairy farmers hate to see it in their fields |
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Posted: Apr/27/2006 5:44 PM PST
We do here also treeman. ya can sure tell the difference if a cow has been eating on it LOL |
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