Field garlic 528421 224526578 2008-07-09T07:04:27Z QualiaBot 4198854 robot Adding: [[hsb:Dźiwi kobołk]] {{Taxobox | name = Field Garlic | image = Illustration Allium oleraceum0.jpg | image_width = 200px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Asparagales]] | familia = [[Alliaceae]] | genus = '''''Allium''''' | species = '''''A. oleraceum''''' | binomial = ''Allium oleraceum'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''Field garlic''' (''Allium oleraceum'') is a bulbous perennial that grows wild in dry places in northern [[Europe]], reaching 80cm in height. It reproduces by seed, bulbs and by the production of small bulblets in the flower head (similarly to the Wild Onion ''[[Allium vineale]]''). Unlike ''A. vineale'' however, it is very rare with Field garlic to find flower-heads containing bulbils only.<ref name="multiple"/> In addition, the [[spathe]] in Field Garlic is in two parts.<ref name="multiple">The [[Reader's Digest]] Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain ''p.382''</ref> == Distribution == Field Garlic is native to temperate Eurasia. A. oleraceum is native to Britain and is found in dry, grassy places, usually steeply sloping and calcareous soils, and on open sunny banks in river floodplains. It favours altitudes of 0-365m. A.oleraceum is scattered throughout England and very scattered in Wales, Scotland and Ireland (Stace, 1997). Erosion of coastal areas leads to a reduction in the available habitat for this species, leading to population declines.<ref>)[http://www.grfa.org.uk/media_files/publications_plant/crop_wild_relative_action_plan.pdf UK Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GRFA)]</ref>. == Agriculture == This plant prefers partial or full exposure to sunlight. Field Garlic tends to grow in slightly moist, heavy clay-like soil, although it will grow just fine in other soils. This plant spreads quickly, much like a weed, and can be difficult to get rid of. == See also == * ''[[Allium vineale]]'' * ''[[Allium monanthum]]'' ==References== {{reflist}} {{vegetable-stub}} [[Category:Allium]] [[fr:Ail des jardins]] [[hsb:Dźiwi kobołk]] [[nl:Moeslook]] [[no:Villøk]] [[fi:Nurmilaukka]] [[sv:Backlök]] [[ur:لہسن بستانی]]