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Forb
Perennial

Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it on roadsides and other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in umbels

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p382
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p354
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p409

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Allium ampeloprasum   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae

(?) GREATER THAN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium ampeloprasum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 041-35-004:
Allium ampeloprasum   FAMILY Liliaceae

(?) GREATER THAN PLANTS National Database
Allium atroviolaceum

GREATER THAN Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Allium ampeloprasum var. atroviolaceum