Family: Amaryllidaceae
Angiosperms: Monocots: Order: Asparagales
Leaves usually linear; flowers usually bisexual and symmetrical, arranged in umbels on the stem; petals and sepals undifferentiated (tepals), may be fused at base into a floral tube.
Subfamilies: Agapanthoideae (Agapanthus), Allioideae (Onions), Amaryllidoideae (Amaryllis)
The Allioideae are characterised by the smell of garlic or onion.
Leaves usually linear; flowers usually bisexual and symmetrical, arranged in umbels on the stem; petals and sepals undifferentiated (tepals), may be fused at base into a floral tube.
Subfamilies: Agapanthoideae (Agapanthus), Allioideae (Onions), Amaryllidoideae (Amaryllis)
The Allioideae are characterised by the smell of garlic or onion.
Ramsons (Allium ursinum)
The commonest British garlic and the only one with broad leaves.
The commonest British garlic and the only one with broad leaves.