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Plants with bulbs; umbels with one large scariose bract (spathe) at base Alliaceae
Perianth segments not connate Allium
Scape terete. Stamens exserted; inner filaments 3-fid, with the central branch bearing the anther and c. half as long as laterals. Perianth segments c. 5 mm long. Leaves cylindrical, grooved, hollow, c. 25 cm long. Umbels bearing both flowers and bulbils or bulbils alone. Spathe usually 1-valved. Waste ground around Sydney but not recently recorded. Introd. from Europe. Crow Garlic Allium vineale