Question: What are the plants with the long tubular stem and what looks similar to a purple bulb at the top …
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What are the plants with the long tubular stem and what looks similar to a purple bulb at the top with shoots coming out of it? They are at the edge of some woods in Boston and are about two feet tall
Answer
Dear Reptiman202, your plant is a species of Allium, most likely Allium vineale (crow garlic). The flowers in this species are often largely (or even entirely) replaced by bulblets, as you have photographed.
