Seasonal Wild Flowers

Latin name

Allium subhirsutum

Family

Amaryllidaceae

Flowering season

April to May

English distribution

It is thinly scattered and mainly in southern areas.

See the BSBI distribution map for Hairy Garlic

Habitat

It is naturalised in grassy places.

It is a neophyte.

Description

Hairy Garlic is a slightly pungent, perennial, bulbous herb,

growing up to 50cm.

Flowerheads are flat-topped and up to 8cm across.

Flowers are up to 14mm across and star shaped.

The 6 petals are white with a central pink mid-stripe.

It has 6 beige anthers that darken with age and a purple-

tinged style.

The bulbils are only found in the flower. They are green to

start with and then darken.

The leaves are weakly ridged and hairy.

The stems are rounded.