Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : notfr
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Nothoscordum inodorum (Aiton) Nicholson, Allium fragrans Vent., Allium odonum auct. Hisp. non L., Nothoscordum fragrans (vent.) Kunth.
Classification: Liliaceae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: honey-bells
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: FR : ail bâtard ; IT : aglio della Sicilia ; PT : alho-sem-cheiro ; EN : honey-bells ;
Biological type: Perennial with bulbs
- Plant propagates overall vegetatively (bulbs...); establishment from seedling is rare.
- A single cotyledon, linear.
- Height: 40-100cm. Plant glabrous with ovoid and whitish bulbs.
- Stem terete, erect, leafy at the base.
- Leaves somewhat glaucous, flat, distichous, 20-40 cm x 4-8 mm.
- Flowers white with a greenish tube, circa 1 cm, in many- flowered umbel. Unequal peduncles, 3 to 5 times longer than the flower. Perianth segments exceeding purplish-anthered stamens and the style.
- Fruit with rough and angular seeds.
- Plant ornamental, at first introduced in the department of Var, native of North America.
- Rare in crops.
- Risk of confusion at seedling stage with Allium polyanthum Schultes et Schul. (which is different by the lack of garlic smell), Narcissus tazetta L..
- Biological type: perennial with bulbs.
Mistake with: Allium polyanthum and Narcissus tazetta (Seedling stage)
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
