In the above photograph, the inflorescence on the upper right has 1-2 flowers that are starting to develop on their pedicels near its apex.
In this regard, it is similar to Allium sativum (Cultivated Garlic), but the aerial bulblets of Field Garlic have much longer green tails with a striking appearance.
Smaller bulblets may form at the base of the bulbs, and fibrous roots are also attached at the bases of the bulbs.
Wild garlic is often confused with wild onion (Allium canadense), but the two may be easily distinguished after a closer examination of the leaf cross section.
The leaves of wild garlic are hollow and round, while those of wild onion are more flat and 'solid'.
Several species can form many bulbils (tiny bulbs) in the flowerhead; in the so-called "tree onion" (A.
Several hybrids have been bred, or selected, with rich purple flowers.
Various Allium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera including Cabbage Moth, Common Swift moth (recorded on garlic), Garden Dart moth, Large Yellow Underwing moth, Nutmeg moth, Setaceous Hebrew Character moth, Turnip Moth and Schinia rosea, a moth which feeds exclusively on Allium spp.
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In addition the leaves have sometimes withered or somehow disappeared by the time the flowering head becomes visible so this is the only bit of the plant you can identify.
In theory it is possibly to confuse it with the very rare Allium sphaerocephalon (Round-headed Leek) but unless you are botanising in the Avon Gorge area, the only place where A.
Often the plant will be in a cluster in the middle of grassland species poking its reddish heads above the rest of the vegetation.
