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