Your help is appreciated. We depend on donations to help keep this site free and up to date for you. Can you please help us?

Donate

Native Plant Trust: Go Botany Discover thousands of New England plants

Questions and Answers: 2014

Question: Found also along the shore in Wantagh park in Nassau county, NY. Have no idea how to use the key …

  • Question

    Found also along the shore in Wantagh park in Nassau county, NY. Have no idea how to use the key to identify this one. Thanks.

    Answer

    Dear ruih, I can't tell for sure what species you have because some of the necessary features (such as leaves and bulbs) are absent from you photographs. What I can tell you is that this is a species of Allium (onion, garlic) and is probably Allium vineale (crow garlic). If you review the Allium key on Go Botany, your memory of the plant may allow you to answer the questions necessary for a confident identification.