WorldFloraDB - Allium tricoccum

Characteristics

An onion family plant that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 15-45 cm tall and spreads 10-15 cm wide. It has a long stalk. The leaves are flat and tapering. They are 20-24 cm long and appear in spring then die off. It has bulbs like onion. The flowers are in white heads on long stalks.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.15 - 0.18

Mature height (meter)

0.3

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Rich woods and bottoms, preferring slopes and streamsides; at elevations up to 1,400 metres. Usually in beech and maple woods.

More

It is a temperate plant. It grows in rich moist soils and deciduous woods. It suits hardiness zones 4-8.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The underground bulbs can be boiled and added to salads. The young leaves before the flower stalk appears can be cooked as greens. It has a strong garlic like taste. Often it is baked or dried to reduce acidity.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	bulbs flowers leaves rhizomes roots
Therapeutic use	Emetic (root), Antihemorrhagic (unspecified), Cold Remedy (unspecified), Ear Medicine (unspecified), Pulmonary Aid (unspecified), Anthelmintic (unspecified), Pediatric Aid (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds or by division of the bulbs.

Mode	divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°)	10
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	stratification
Minimum temperature (C°)	-23
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-