Allium vineale 1338800 224530193 2008-07-09T07:38:07Z QualiaBot 4198854 robot Adding: [[hsb:Psyči kobołk]] {{Taxobox | name = ''Allium vineale'' | image = Alliumvineale1web.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Flowerhead showing bulbils and a few flowers | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Asparagales]] | familia = [[Alliaceae]] | subfamilia = Allioideae | tribus = Allieae | genus = ''[[Allium]]'' | species = '''''A. vineale''''' | binomial = ''Allium vineale'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''''Allium vineale''''' ('''Crow Garlic''' or '''Wild Onion''') is a [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[bulb]]flower in the genus ''[[Allium]]'', native to [[Europe]], north [[Africa]] and western [[Asia]]. The species is introduced in [[Australia]] and [[North America]], where it has become an [[invasive species]]. All parts of the plant have a strong [[garlic]] [[odor]]. The underground [[bulb]] is 1-2 cm diameter, with a fibrous outer layer. The main [[plant stem|stem]] grows to 30-120 cm tall, bearing 2-4 [[leaf|leaves]] and an apical [[inflorescence]] 2-5 cm diameter comprising a number of small [[Bulb#Bulbil|bulbils]] and none to a few [[flower]]s, subtended by a basal [[bract]]. The leaves are slender hollow [[tube|tubular]], 15-60 cm long and 2-4 mm thick, waxy textured, with a groove along the side of the leaf facing the stem. The flowers are 2-5 mm long, with six petals varying in colour from pink to red or greenish-white. It flowers in the summer, June to August in northern Europe. Plants with no flowers, only bulbils, are sometimes distinguished as the [[variety (biology)|variety]] ''Allium vineale'' var. ''compactum'', but this character is probably not [[taxonomy|taxonomically]] significant. ===Uses and problems=== Crow Garlic can be used as a substitute for garlic. It imparts a garlic-like [[flavour]] and [[odor]] on dairy and beef products when [[grazing|grazed]] by [[livestock]]. It is sometimes considered a [[weed]], as [[Caryopsis|grain]] products may become tainted with a garlic odor or flavour in the presence of aerial bulblets at the time of [[harvest]]. Wild garlics is resistant to herbicides due to the structure of its leaves, being vertical, smooth and waxy. Herbicides do not cling well to it and are therefore not as effective.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} ==See also== * ''[[Allium]]'' * ''[[Allium oleraceum]]'' * [[List of beneficial weeds]] [http://www.smokeymountainramps.com] [[Category:Allium]] [[Category:Lawn weeds]] [[ang:Crāwlēac]] [[co:Allium vineale]] [[de:Weinberg-Lauch]] [[fr:Ail des vignes]] [[hsb:Psyči kobołk]] [[pl:Czosnek winnicowy]] [[pt:Alho-das-vinhas]] [[ro:Usturoi sălbatic]] [[sv:Sandlök]] [[ur:ثوم رگدار]]