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Three-cornered garlic

Allium triquetrum

Three-cornered garlic is a lovely plant with green, triangular leaves and white flowers. It grows in gardens and wild places, bringing a nice smell to the air when you touch it!

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Three-cornered garlic is a slender plant with distinctive triangular stems and long, glossy, strap-like leaves. Its bell-shaped white flowers hang in loose clusters, each petal marked with a delicate green stripe, making it easily recognizable.

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Three-cornered garlic

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Crush a leaf, and you'll smell a strong garlic scent, a perfect plant identifier!

In some regions, it forms dense green carpets, covering whole hillsides and forest floors!

Its stems are shaped like a perfect triangle, giving it its "three-cornered" name!

Originating in Europe, this speedy plant now grows wild on nearly every continent!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Ant Taxi Service

Three-cornered garlic has special fatty bits on its seeds that attract ants, helping them carry and spread the seeds far away.

Fähigkeit

Bulbil Bombs

This plant can grow tiny mini-bulbs in its flower heads, which drop off to start new plants, allowing it to spread super fast.

Fähigkeit

Triangle Power Stems

Its unique three-sided stems are extra strong and flexible, helping the plant stand tall even in windy or crowded spots.

Maße und Details

Höhe
20-60 cm
Blütengröße
1-1.5 cm
Blütezeit
Late winter to late spring
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

European honey bee

Apis mellifera

collects nectar and pollen

symbiotic with

Black garden ant

Lasius niger

disperses seeds for a fatty reward

eaten by

Garden snail

Helix aspersa

young leaves and stems provide food

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Three-cornered Leek

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always ask an adult before touching or picking any plants.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Three-cornered garlic?

20-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Three-cornered garlic?

1-1.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Three-cornered garlic?

Late winter to late spring

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Three-cornered garlic?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Three-cornered garlic?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Three-cornered garlic?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Three-cornered garlic?

Insekten

Wo findet man Three-cornered garlic normalerweise?

Urban areas

Snap-Karte

Zoome hinein, um Cluster aufzulösen und zu sehen, wo dieses Objekt fotografiert wurde.

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