Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Account for Garden Onion - Allium cepa   L.
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DistributionCoastal Plain and Sandhills, disjunct to the upper Piedmont of Rutherford County. Specimens from Mecklenburg and Surry counties are of cultivated plants. Specimens from Forsyth County need an ID check.

Native of Asia, but not known as a naturally occurring species. In N.A. escaped in locations scattered across the U.S. and southern Canada.
AbundanceRare.
HabitatRoadsides, woods border, along a creek.
PhenologyFlowering and fruiting May-July.
IdentificationThis species resembles Wild Leek (A. ampeloprasum), but the leaves are rounded in cross-section (vs. flat or rather channeled in that species) and are hollow. The inflorescence is a bit smaller and usually has white flowers (as opposed to lavender or light purple).
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