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Common Names
Common Names in English:
False Garlic, Texas False Garlic, Texas False-Garlic
Description
Genus Nothoscordum
Herbs, perennial
, scapose
, from bulbs. Bulbs in general appearance
very similar to some species of Allium, without alliaceous
odor; outer coats
membranous. Leaves usually present at flowering time, basal, imbricate, sheathing
basally; blade
filiform
to linear
. Inflorescences umbellate
, subtended by spathe
bracts; bracts 2, membranous. Flowers fastigiate
, withering-persistent; tepals 6, 2-whorled, connate
proximal
1/3, 1-veined, subequal
; stamens 6, adnate
to tepal bases, included
; filaments
distinct
, ± dilated
basally, subulate
and entire apically; anthers
dorsifixed
, oblong
, introse; ovary superior, sessile, 3-locular; ovules several(-12) ; style filiform; stigma terminal
, small. Fruits capsular
, 3-lobed, membranous, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds black, angled
[compressed
or almost flat].
Species ca. 19: North America, South America.
All species of Nothoscordum are native
to the Americas. Nothoscordum gracile has become naturalized
in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia; it spreads
rapidly by seeds and bulblets.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 18-24" tall.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space 15-18" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Liliidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lilianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Asparagales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Alliaceae
()
- Borkh., 1797, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Allioideae
()
- Tribe:
Allieae
()
- Genus:
Nothoscordum
()
- Kunth, 1843, nom. cons.
- False onion, false garlic [Greek nothos, false, and scordon, garlic]
- Specific epithet:
texanum
- M.E.Jones
- Botanical name: - Nothoscordum texanum M.E.Jones
- Specific epithet:
texanum
- M.E.Jones
- Genus:
Nothoscordum
(
- Tribe:
Allieae
(
- Subfamily:
Allioideae
(
- Family:
Alliaceae
(
- Order:
Asparagales
(
- Superorder:
Lilianae
(
- Subclass:
Liliidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Place of publication
: Contr. W. Bot. 17:21. 1930
Name verified on 25-May-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nothoscordum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
N. bivalve (Crow-Poison) · N. borbonicum (False Garlic Nothoscordum Inodorum) · N. gracile (Fragrant False-Garlic) · N. inodorum inodorum (False Garlic) · N. texanum (False Garlic)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Notes on western range forbs: Equisetaceae through Fumariaceae / by William A. Dayton. Washington, D.C.: Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1960. url p. 21.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2662630
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-43000
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:538849-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 453172
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 43000
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 170556-2
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMLIL1M030
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: NOTE2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 51970
Footnotes
- T. D. Jacobsen & Dale W. McNeal Jr. "Nothoscordum". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 55, 276, 277. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
