Few-flowered garlic
Allium paradoxum
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Allium paradoxum - Few-flowered garlic
Description
Origin and Worldwide Distribution
Potential or Known Impacts
How did it get here?
Is it found in Northern Ireland?
You can help by reporting any sightings: @ the Centre for Environmental Data & Recording (CEDaR) - Or via the iRecord App.
Methods for Prevention
Allium paradoxum - Few-flowered garlic
Description
- Few-flowered garlic is a bulbous, perennial herb with a strong onion smell. Its stems are triangular in cross section
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Its inflorescence consist of many yellow bulbils (small young plants that reproduce vegetatively from axillary buds on the parent plants's stem)
- If any, white flowers appear in April and May
- It is found in disturbed habitats, woods, rough ground, roadsides, and riverbanks
Origin and Worldwide Distribution
- It is native to the Caucasus and Iran
- It is also found in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as well as many European countries where it is also deemed as invasive
Potential or Known Impacts
- It can spread vegetatively through its bulbils, as seeds are rare and may not be viable
- Due to this adaptation, it can out compete native flora
How did it get here?
- It was introduced as part of the horticulture trade, and has spread from gardens
Is it found in Northern Ireland?
- It is found in Northern Ireland
You can help by reporting any sightings: @ the Centre for Environmental Data & Recording (CEDaR) - Or via the iRecord App.
Methods for Prevention
- Ensure that it is not spread from already invaded areas
- Do not pick flowers or bulbils as this may transport them over large distances
- Report all sightings