Ramsons - Allium ursinum

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Alternative names
Wild Garlic
Description

Short to medium plant, often forming extensive colonies. Leaves 2 or 3 flat, bright green and smelling powerfully of garlic when bruised. Flowers white, starry 12 to 20 mm in a fairly dense, rounded umbel.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Shaded places, woods, ditches, hedge banks.

When to see it

April to June.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Fairly frequent throughout much of Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 56 of the 617 tetrads.

  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    09 May 2009
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    09 May 2009
  • Alan Semper
    Stathern, Terrace Hills
    17 May 2015
  • Alan Semper
    Melton Town Park
    13 May 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Witherley
    23 April 2015

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Species profile

Common names
Ramsons
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
203
First record:
12/05/2006 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
27/04/2025 (Hollingworth, Jane)

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  • David Nicholls
    Sheet Hedges Wood
    02 May 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Sheet Hedges Wood
    21 April 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    09 May 2008
  • Peter Smith
    Swithland
    26 May 2013
  • David Nicholls
    Sheet Hedges Wood
    02 May 2014
  • Alan Semper
    Melton, wooded area in Prior Close Park
    12 May 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    12 May 2006
  • David Nicholls
    Sheet Hedges Wood
    02 May 2014
  • Mike Higgott
    County Hall
    30 April 2014
  • Alan Semper
    Melton, wooded area in Prior Close Park
    12 May 2012