Wild garlic

Allium ursinum

Русское название: Черемша, лук медвежий

A garlic-scented woodland allium. It can grow among dangerous plants with superficially similar leaves, such as lily of the valley. Smell and photographs are not adequate safeguards for wild foraging.

✳ Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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Safety information

Do not use photographs or online summaries to identify wild plants for eating or medicinal use. Some poisonous plants resemble edible species and even handling certain species can cause harm. If poisoning is suspected, contact your local poison service or urgent medical care. Do not wait for symptoms.

Poison Control: poisonous plants (US) ↗

◎Distribution

Europe and western Asia

♧Habitat

Shady, moist broadleaf woodland

✺Identification limits

Images and brief descriptions are for learning, not for reliably identifying a specimen. Take particular care with poisonous plants and mushrooms.

Further reading and image creditsAllium ursinum — Wikipedia overview ↗Photo, author and license — Wikimedia Commons ↗

Identification is never guaranteed by a photo. Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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