Common names:
Three-cornered garlic, three-cornered leek
Family:
Scientific name:
Allium triquetrum
Main flower color:
Range:
Mostly along the coasts of the south and southwest; an introduced species
Height:
Up to 45 cm
Habitat:
Field margins, hedges, pathways, disturbed ground
Flowers:
The petals, or perianth lobes, are white with a greenish mid-stripe (sometimes pink in bud), up to 20 mm long, enclosing the shorter stamens. Flowers are pendent, attached by relatively long, green stalks, and they form a small cluster at the top of the strongly three-ridged stem. The base of the cluster is enclosed by a papery bract, the spathe, which withers as the flowers open
Leaves:
Narrow, linear, flat or lightly keeled, up to 20 cm long; usually three per plant
Season:
March to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
