Species

Allium moly

Etymology

Allium: Possibly from the Latin word for garlic or the Celtic word all 'pungent' or 'burning'

Common Name(s)

Yellow Garlic

Authority

Allium moly L.

Family

Alliaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

Structural Class

Monocotyledonous Herbs

Flower Colours

Yellow

Year Naturalised

2006

Reason For Introduction
Ornamental

Life Cycle Comments
Bulbous perennial plant

Reproduction
By daughter offsets from bulbs and by seed

Seed
Small, long-lived in seed bank.

Dispersal
Presumably as a garden discard from which it may spread vegetatively from daughter bulb offsets and by seed which germinates freely

This page last updated on 19 Mar 2010