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Allium neapolitanum is a bulbous herbaceous perennial plant in the onion subfamily within the Amaryllis family.Common names include Neapolitan garlic, [2] Naples garlic, daffodil garlic, false garlic, flowering onion, Naples onion, Guernsey star-of-Bethlehem, star, white garlic, and wood garlic.
[7] [6] [8] Unlike either onion or garlic, it has strap-shaped leaves with triangular bases, about 1.5 to 8 mm (1 ⁄ 16 to 5 ⁄ 16 in) wide. [9] It produces many white flowers in a round cluster on stalks 25 to 60 cm (10 to 24 in) tall. [4] It grows in slowly expanding perennial clumps, but also readily sprouts from seed.
Allium tricoccum with open inflorescence bud (June 6). Allium tricoccum is a perennial growing from an ovoid-conical shaped bulb that is 2–6 cm (1–2 in) long. [4] Plants typically produce a cluster of 2–6 bulbs that give rise to broad, [5] flat, smooth, light green leaves, that are 20–30 cm (8–12 in) long including the narrow petioles, [4] often with deep purple or burgundy tints on ...
An onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classified as a separate species until 2011. The onion's close relatives include garlic, scallion, leek ...
White onion or Allium cepa (“sweet onion”) are a cultivar of dry onion which have a distinct light and mild flavour profile. Much like red onions, they have a high sugar and low sulphur content, and thus have a relatively short shelf life. [1] White onions are used in a variety of dishes, such as those of Mexican and European origin.
One study found that regularly consuming allium vegetables, including garlic, onion, leeks, chives and scallions, coincided with lower incidences of colorectal cancer.
The tepals are 10–18 mm (13 ⁄ 32 – 23 ⁄ 32 in) long and white, but with a "strong green line". [8] Each plant has two or three narrow, linear leaves, each up to 15 cm (6 in) long. [ 7 ] The leaves have a distinct onion smell when crushed.
The larvae of the leek moth attack garlic by mining into the leaves or bulbs. [29] Botrytis neck and bulb rot is a disease of onion, garlic, leek and shallot. Botrytis allii and Botrytis aclada cause this disease in onion and Botrytis porri causes it in garlic. According to the University of California,