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The bulbs form multiple leaf-bearing bulbils that soon separate but remain close by. [3] Initially the plant forms 6–10 basal leaves , that arise in tufts from the bulbs. The leaves are grooved ( canaliculate ), smooth ( glabrous ) and linear with a white to light green linear midrib on the upper surface, and grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in ...
Allium moly, also known as yellow garlic, [4] golden garlic and lily leek, Is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium, which also includes the flowering and culinary onions and garlic. A bulbous herbaceous perennial from the Mediterranean. [5] [6] It is edible and used as a medicinal and ornamental plant.
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It grows from a bulb, which resembles a small mass of rice grains.The stems are 10–120 centimetres (4–47 inches) tall. The flowers are produced in the spring, nodding, 1–4 cm (1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), yellowish or greenish brown with a lot of yellow mottling to purplish black with little mottling, or yellow-green mottled with purple.
The Netherlands produces about 2,200 million lily bulbs annually, of which 96% is used domestically and the remainder exported, principally within the European Union. One particularly important crop is the production of Lilium longiflorum , whose white flowers are associated with purity and Easter.
The bulb is edible as a root vegetable, cooked or dried, and can be ground into flour. The leaves can also be cooked as a leaf vegetable . In Japan , Erythronium japonicum is called katakuri , and the bulb is processed to produce starch , which is used for food and other purposes.
The bulbs are typically tunicate, consisting of a few tightly packed fleshy scales with a translucent tunic that disappears with further growth of the bulb. However, some species ( F. imperialis , F. persica ) have naked bulbs with many scales and loosely attached bulbils , resembling those of the closely related Lilium , [ 5 ] although F ...