Nothoscordum gracile
Nothoscordum gracile
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Nothoscordum gracile is a perennial plant, producing a rosette of spear-shaped leaves about 45cm tall from an underground bulb[ 2211 Title On the Occurrence and Taxonomy of False Garlic - Nothoscordum gracile (Aiton) Stearn (Amaryllidaceae), an Invasive W Publication Phytomorphology 72(1&2) 2022, 13-16 Author Dalavi J. et al Website http://10.56024/ispm.72.1&2.2022/13-16 Publisher Year 2022 ISBN Description ]. The bulb is sometimes gathered from the wild and used as a substitute for garlic. The plant is sometimes grown as a food crop and also as an ornamental[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 2211 Title On the Occurrence and Taxonomy of False Garlic - Nothoscordum gracile (Aiton) Stearn (Amaryllidaceae), an Invasive W Publication Phytomorphology 72(1&2) 2022, 13-16 Author Dalavi J. et al Website http://10.56024/ispm.72.1&2.2022/13-16 Publisher Year 2022 ISBN Description ]. Nothoscordum gracile is highly invasive and difficult to control. Plants produce 20 - 50 bulblets each year - these get detached from the mother plant and spread through soil translocation or plowing in farms. The plant also produces up to 2,000 seeds annually with a high level of viability. It has the ability to invade cultivated fields and open areas along roadsides and gardens and it is very tricky to remove this species from the invaded area due to its gregarious perennation by numerous bulblets and seeds. The plant has become an established weed in many countries outside its native range, from the temperate zone to the tropics[ 2211 Title On the Occurrence and Taxonomy of False Garlic - Nothoscordum gracile (Aiton) Stearn (Amaryllidaceae), an Invasive W Publication Phytomorphology 72(1&2) 2022, 13-16 Author Dalavi J. et al Website http://10.56024/ispm.72.1&2.2022/13-16 Publisher Year 2022 ISBN Description ].