Species: Three-cornered Garlic or Leek (Allium triquetrum)
Family: Amaryllises (AMARYLLIDACEAE)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: NW
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Amaryllises (AMARYLLIDACEAE)
These are mostly perennial geophytes with rhizomes or bulbs, often with large, colourful flowers.
C. Three-cornered Garlic or Leek (Allium triquetrum)
This introduced Mediterranean species forms smothering monocultures that are virtually impossible to eradicate. Such is the threat posed by Three-cornered Garlic to native wildflowers that it has been listed as an invasive species under Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981. This means that it is an offence to plant Three-cornered Garlic - or cause it to grow - in the wild.
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Three-cornered Garlic or Leek
Three-cornered Garlic or Leek is an introduced Mediterranean species forms smothering monocultures.
Three-cornered Garlic or Leek
Three-cornered Garlic or Leek is virtually impossible to eradicate once it is well-established.
