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Allium ursinum

Flowering Plants

Allium ursinum, widely known as wild garlic or ramsons, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. It is native to Eurasia, where it grows in moist woodland, and is a wild relative of onion and garlic within the same genus, Allium. Two subspecies are recognized, Allium ursinum subsp. ursinum and subsp. ucrainicum. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Eaten or Drunk by People 2
Scientific Name
Allium ursinum 4
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 5
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Plantae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Allium ursinum

In Biome

Temperate Forest, Biomes
Source Plants For A Future: Allium ursinum
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Austria

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Bulgaria

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Denmark

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Finland

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France

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Germany

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Greece

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Hungary

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Ireland

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Italy

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Luxembourg

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Netherlands

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Norway

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Poland

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Portugal

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Spain

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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Ukraine

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Sources
1. Allium ursinum (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    It is native to Eurasia, where it grows in moist woodland. It is a wild relative of onion and garlic, all belonging to the same genus, Allium.
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 372767
    Allium ursinum, known as wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows's leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic, onion grass, or bear's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae.
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2. Plants For A Future: Allium ursinum
Plants For A Future
  • Edible Uses
    Leaves - raw or cooked[2, 5, 9, 12, 24].
  • In Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitats
    Damp soils in woods, copses, valleys and similar moist shady localities
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asparagales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12439
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12439
"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Asparagales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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4. Wikipedia: Allium ursinum
WikipediaWikidata Q130882 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
5. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Allium ursinum
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2857601, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2857601, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Amaryllidaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12534
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12534
"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Liliales","family":"Amaryllidaceae"},"synonyms":[{"id":99613,"full_name":"Amaryllidaceae hybrid","author_year":"","rank":"GENUS"}],"common_names":[{"name":"Perce-neige, crocus d'automne","language":"FR"},{"name":"Snowdrops, sternbergias","language":"EN"},{"name":"Campanitas de las nieves, esternbergias","language":"ES"},{"name":"石蒜科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Wikidata: Allium ursinum
Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata P171View the Source
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