A Native Herb Has Earned an Honored Place Amongst the Mediterranean Species
I found some meadow garlic ( Allium canadense ) growing in a low spot in my yard. I dug it up and planted it next to my rosemary bush in the herb garden. Over the years, I've found more and have planted the little bulblets that it produces each year and now there's a good stand in the garden. We have a few native alliums here in Florida. The one I have is the most widespread according to Wunderlin, R. P., and B. F. Hansen. 2008. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants ( http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). It occurs from the panhandle down to central Florida. The Mobile meadow garlic ( A. canadense var. mobilense ) is located only in the panhandle counties and has mostly pinker flowers with all flowers in each flower head--no bulblets. The striped garlic ( A. cuthbertii ) is rare in Florida and occurs only in the eastern-most counties in northeast Florida. It also has only flowers in its flower heads and its petals are narrower and often have a pink stripe down the middle. Unlike the ...