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Mouse Garlic
Allium angulosum
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
German GarlicAllium lusitanicum
field garlicAllium oleraceum
ChivesAllium schoenoprasum
Prairie OnionAllium stellatum
Purple-flowered GarlicAllium rotundum
wild garlicAllium vineale
nodding onionAllium cernuum
Keeled GarlicAllium carinatum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,630 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 2,629 |
| Russia | 872 |
| Ukraine | 116 |
| Tyumen Oblast | 114 |
| Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 101 |
| Germany | 98 |
| Poland | 77 |
| Voronezh Oblast | 73 |
| Austria | 69 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | monocots · Liliopsida |
| Order | Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies · Asparagales |
| Family | amaryllis, onions, and allies · Amaryllidaceae |
| Genus | onions · Allium |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Mouse Garlic with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.