Autonyms (not in current use) and synonyms:

• (=) Allium kochii Lange
• (=) Allium vineale var. purpureum H. P. G. Koch

Common names:

• crow garlic  (Source: Econ Pl Aust) - English
• false garlic  (Source: Pl Book) - English
• field garlic  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• stag garlic  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• wild garlic  (Source: L NWeeds Hawaii) - English
• wild onion  (Source: F BritStace) - English
• wild garlic  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• ail des vignes  (Source: L Noms French ed7) - French
• ail des vignes  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• Kochs Lauch  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• Weinbergslauch  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• alho-vinhedo  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• purpursandlök  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• sandlök  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals
• Weed: potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, Romania
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Portugal, Spain


Naturalized (widely natzd. elsewhere)

References:

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2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
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11. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
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17. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
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19. Mathew, B. 1996. A review of Allium sect. Allium
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21. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
22. Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
23. Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
24. Stearn, W. T. 1944. Notes on the genus Allium in the Old World. Herbertia 11:11-34.
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27. 2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image