Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 300 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Threecornered garlic, angled onion.

Description:
Stem 20-40 cm high, with 3 acute angles; leaves 2 or 3, near the base of the stem, the sheaths flat or slightly channelled, weak, 5-10 mm broad, about as long as the stem; bulb small, white, ovoid.

Spathe of 2 linear-lanceolate membranous bracts slightly shorter than the flowers; flowers campanulate, white, 4-8, drooping in a loose umbel, on pedicels which are rarely longer than the flowers; perianth-segments oblong, acute, 12-14 mm long; stamens enclosed, all with simple filaments; stigma of 3 short recurved branches (in our other species the stigma is a minute terminal point); strong onion smell.

Published illustration: Lamp & Collet (1976) A field guide to weeds in Australia, p. 53.

Distribution:  A common weed. S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.   New Zealand; native to the Mediterranean region. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: usually Aug. — Nov.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available