Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Alliaceae

Allium - [maps | photos]

• Allium allegheniense Small
  Common Name: Allegheny onion

• Allium ampeloprasum * L.
  Common Name: broadleaf wild leek

• Allium burdickii (Hanes) A.G. Jones (TN Threatened -Commercially Exploited)
  Common Name: narrowleaf wild leek
  Synonyms:
  

         • Allium tricoccum Aiton var. burdickii Hanes

• Allium canadense L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: meadow garlic

• Allium cernuum Roth
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: nodding onion

• Allium sativum * L.
  Common Name: cultivated garlic

• Allium stellatum Nutt. ex Ker-Gawl. (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: autumn onion

• Allium tricoccum Aiton (TN Special Concern -Commercially Exploited)
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: wild leek

• Allium vineale * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: wild garlic

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.