Allium canadense

Canada onion
1913 drawing.[1]

Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Amerallium
Species:
A. canadense
Binomial name
Allium canadense
Synonyms[4][5]
  • Allium acetabulum (Raf.) Shinners
  • Allium canadense var. ovoideum Farw.
  • Allium canadense var. robustum Farw.
  • Allium continuum Small
  • Geboscon acetabulum Raf.
  • Kalabotis canadensis (L.) Raf.

Allium canadense, the Canada onion, Canadian garlic, wild garlic, meadow garlic and wild onion[6] is a perennial plant native to eastern North America[a] from Texas to Florida to New Brunswick to Montana. The species is also cultivated in other regions as an ornamental and as a garden culinary herb.[7] The plant is also reportedly naturalized in Cuba.[8]

  1. ^ illustration from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 1: 499.
  2. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  3. ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species plantarum. Vol. 2. Impensis Laurentii Salvii. p. 1195 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ^ "Allium canadense L.". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  5. ^ "Allium canadense L.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  6. ^ "Allium canadense". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  7. ^ "Izel, Native Plants For Your Garden, Washington DC, Allium canadense". Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  8. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.


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