Field Garlic Allium vineale LinnaeusNon-native  -  Invasive    Synonyms: Field-garlic, Wild Garlic.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Asparagales   >   Family Amaryllidaceae   >   Genus Allium   

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Field Garlic is introduced from Eurasia. Common in lawns and waste places, it is easily separable from Wild Onion by its hollow stem.

There are 336 records in the project database.

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Field Garlic in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/24/2019). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Field Garlic in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/24/2019). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Field Garlic in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/1/2012). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Field Garlic in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/8/2015). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Field Garlic in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/17/2019). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Field Garlic in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/31/2017). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Blooming Field Garlic in Somerset Co., Maryland (7/4/2020). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Field Garlic growing in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/29/2016). Photo by Robert Ferraro. (MBP list)

Field Garlic growing in Kent Co., Maryland (3/17/2019). Photo by Lori Byrne. (MBP list)

Field Garlic blooming in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/1/2018). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Field Garlic growing in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (3/11/2016). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Field Garlic growing in Dorchester Co., Maryland (4/2/2016). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Field Garlic in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/20/2012). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Field Garlic in Howard Co., Maryland (6/10/2010). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Field Garlic blooming inBaltimore Co., Maryland (9/17/1982). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)


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