Nothoscordum

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Nothoscordum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Nothoscordum (Greek, false garlic). Liliaceae. Herbs having an onion-like bulb and closely related to Allium. Bulb tuicated, without the onion odor and taste: scape 0-12 in. high: Lvs. several, linear, basal, 6-12 in. long: fls. yellow or white, in an umbel; style obscurely jointed; ovary 3-loculed; ovules several in each loculed caps, oblong-ovate, somewhat lobed, obtuse.—About 10-20 species mostly found in Trop. S. Amer.; 1 in China and at least 1 in N. Amer. The species in this genus are variously placed under Allium and Ornithogalum by some authors. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

Species

• Nothoscordum andicola
• Nothoscordum bivalve (Crowpoison)
• Nothoscordum inodorum (Honey-bells, Fragrant False-garlic, onion weed)
• Nothoscordum macrostemon
• Nothoscordum neriniflorum
• Nothoscordum striatellum
• Nothoscordum striatum
• Nothoscordum texanum (Texas False-garlic)

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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