Hairy Garlic - Allium subhirsutum
A white-flowered ornamental garlic with stems that are circular in cross section, and with hairy edges to leaves
Allium neopolitanum has similar flowers, but stems trianguar in cross-section. Several other garden escapes may be present - refer to keys in Stace 4th edition (2019)
Detailed photographs of stems and leaves as well as flowers needed
a non-native species from the Mediterranean region - an occasionally naturalised garden escape
Rob Sayer
Leicester, Canal Towpath
23 May 2025
Rob Sayer
Leicester, Canal Towpath
23 May 2025
Rob Sayer
Leicester, Canal Towpath
23 May 2025
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- Hairy Garlic
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- Wildflowers
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- First record:
- 23/05/2025 (Sayer, Robert)
- Last record:
- 23/05/2025 (Sayer, Robert)
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