Allium ursinum
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Growing form
Perennial bulb that often forms extensive, continuous stands.
Size
15–40 cm high.
Stem
The plant is arhizomatous. The bulb is long, narrow and white. The stem is triangular in cross-section.
Leaf
There are two or three leaves at the base of the stem. The leaves are distinctly petiolate. The size of the lamina is 10–20 cm x 3–4 cm, and it is lanceolate and compressed. The petiole has rotated half a turn around its axis. There are 1–3 bracts that are shorter than the inflorescence and caducous.
Flower
The inflorescence is a 2.5–6 cm wide, dense, terminal umbel without bulbils. The pedicels are 10–15 mm long. The inflorescence consists of 6–20 flowers. The perianth is 1 cm wide, star-shaped, white and fragrant.
Fruit and seed
The three-furrowed capsule is 3–4 mm long.
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
- Total squares
- karhunlaukka (Finnish)
- ramslök (Swedish)
- AOV - spontaneous, old, resident
OUTDATED Safeguarding Endangered Species in Forestry – Project 2007-2010 ? Vascular plants – SUMI Project 2022 ?
- 2019 LC – Least Concern
- 2010 NT – Near Threatened
- 2000 NT – Near Threatened
- Pertti Uotila
- Vascular plants