Allium triquetrum L.

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Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Allium

Catalan common name: Allassa blanca. Vitracs.

Spanish common name: Lágrimas de la Virgen.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Aromatic.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Oakforest. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Rock crevices and cliff faces. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Path and road sides, humid soils.

Characteristics: This is an unmistakable Allium because of its stalks which are triangular in cross section. It forms umbels of hanging white flowers. It flowers very early on and can be found in damp, shady places, often at the edge of woods, both in soil and in cracks between stones.