Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 309 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Onion weed, wild onion.

Description:
Roots long, fibrous; stem hollow, usually branching above, 20-60 cm high, stiff; leaves long, cylindrical, striate, hollow.

Buds pink, flowers white, in long racemes; pedicels jointed, with a bract at the base; pefianthsegments with a brown central nerve; anthers orange.

Capsule containing 3-6 black triangular wrinkled seeds, the valves notched at the top, wrinkled transversely.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 182.

Distribution:  Common weed especially of disturbed areas such as roadsides. S.Aust.: LE, NU, GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   All States.   New Zealand. Native through the Mediterranean region to northern India. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.

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

Biology: No text

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