Allium canadense
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{{Taxobox
| name = Wild Onion
| image = Allium canadense.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Alliaceae]]
| subfamilia = Allioideae
| tribus = Allieae
| genus = ''[[Allium]]''
| species = '''''A. canadense'''''
| binomial = ''Allium canadense''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''Wild Onion''' (''Allium canadense''), also known as '''Meadow Garlic''', '''Tree Onion''', '''Wild Garlic''', and '''Canadian Garlic''', is a perennial plant native to [[North America]]. It has an edible bulb covered with a dense skin of brown fibers and tastes like an onion. The plant also has strong, onion-like odor. Crow Garlic (''[[Allium vineale]]'') is similar, but it has a strong garlic taste.
The narrow, grass-like [[leaves]] originate near the base of the stem, which is topped by a dome-like cluster of star-shaped, pink or white [[flower]]s. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are [[Pollination|pollinated]] by [[bee]]s and other [[insect]]s. It typically flowers in the spring and early summer, from May to June.
Though the plant is edible, it pays to be careful in identifying it as there are several look-a-likes. The juice of the plant is used as a moth repellent, and the whole plant is said to repel insects and moles {{Verify credibility|date=November 2007}}. The plant can be rubbed on exposed parts of the body to protect them from the bites of scorpions and lizards.([[Plants For A Future]]){{Verify credibility|date=November 2007}}
References==
* [http://www.agry.purdue.edu/turf/tips/2007/wildonionptch.jpg Wild Onion: ''Allium Canadense'']
* [http://www.missouriplants.com/Pinkalt/Allium_canadense_page.html Missouri Plants: ''Allium canadense'']
* [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Allium+canadense Plants For A Future: ''Allium canadense'']
* http://lactarius.com/courses/spring_flora/allcan.htm
* http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/all/allium_canadense.htm
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[[Category:Allium]]
[[Category:Flora of Canada|Garlic, Canadian]]
[[Category:Flora of the United States]]
[[Category:Flora of Ohio]]