General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Underground structures: Bulb
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Na (Sodium)
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects

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Common names
  • Mountain Garlic
  • Portuguese Onion
  • Mountain Onion
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Allium lusitanicum
  • Synonym: Allium senescens subsp. montanum

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Date: 2017-07-18
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada - near Lake Ontario, zone 6a
Date: 2012-June
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
credit: Magnus Manske

photo by H. Zell

photo credit: H. Zell

photo credit: H. Zell

photo credit: H. Zell
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Mis-ID, not tuberosum (white-flowered species_ by AntMan01 Apr 3, 2018 12:36 AM 1

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