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Wild onion can refer to any uncultivated species in the genus Allium, especially: Allium bisceptrum; Allium canadense; Allium tricoccum; Allium validum; Allium vineale;
Allium canadense, the Canada onion, Canadian garlic, wild garlic, meadow garlic and wild onion [6] is a perennial plant native to eastern North America [a] from Texas to Florida to New Brunswick to Montana. The species is also cultivated in other regions as an ornamental and as a garden culinary herb. [7] The plant is also reportedly ...
Common name Scientific name Image Notes Abrams' onion Allium abramsii (Ownbey & Aase) McNeal Allegheny onion Allium allegheniense Small Aspen onion Allium bisceptrum S. Watson var. palmeri (S. Watson) Cronquist Autumn onion Allium stellatum Fraser ex Ker Gawl. Bear garlic, Ramsons, Wild Garlic Allium ursinum L. Beegum onion Allium hoffmanii Ownbey
Allium validum S.Watson – Pacific onion, swamp onion; Allium vallivanchense R.M.Fritsch & N.Friesen; Allium variegatum Boiss. Allium vasilevskajae Ogan. Allium vavilovii Popov & Vved. Allium verticillatum Regel; Allium vescum Wendelbo; Allium victorialis L. – victory onion, Alpine leek, alpine broad-leaf allium [5] Allium victoris Vved.
List of onions may refer to: List of Allium species; Allium is the onion genus, with 600-920 species, making it one of the largest plant genera in the world; List of onion cultivars; cultivars of the onion (Allium cepa) List of Tor onion services, list of tor onion websites; Onion varieties; Onion (disambiguation)
Allium macropetalum, the desert onion, is a species of wild onion native to the desert regions of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is known from desert plains and hills in Sonora, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, [3] at elevations up to 2500 m. [4] [5] Allium macropetalum forms egg-shaped bulbs up to 2.5 cm ...
Allium lemmonii is a species of wild onion known by the common name Lemmon's onion, named for botanist John Gill Lemmon (1831–1908). [3] It is native to the western United States, at elevations of 1200–1900 m in the Great Basin of Utah , Nevada , northern and eastern California , eastern Oregon , southwestern Idaho .
An Onion Johnny, his bicycle laden with onions and garlic, in London, 2008. The name 'the Big Onion' was formerly used of New York City, before it became 'the Big Apple', and Chicago became 'the Big Onion'. [26] The 10th century Exeter Book, written in Old English, contains a riddle which seems to be about an onion, with sexual overtones. The ...