Allium ursinum

Allium ursinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Amerallium
Species:	A. ursinum
Binomial name
	Allium ursinum; L.
Synonyms
	Species synonymy Aglitheis ursina (L.) Raf. ; Allium latifolium Gilib. ; Allium longipetiolatum St.-Lag. ; Allium nemorale Salisb. ; Allium petiolatum Lam. ; Allium ucrainicum (Oksner & Kleopow) Bordz. ; Allium ursinoides G.Don ex Sweet ; Allium ursinum subsp. ucrainicum Oksner & Kleopow ; Allium ursinum var. ucrainicum (Oksner & Kleopow) Soó ; Allium ursinum subsp. ucrainicum Kleop. & Oxner ; Allium vincetoxicum Pall. ex Ledeb. ; Cepa ursina (L.) Bernh. ; Geboscon ursinum (L.) Raf. ; Hylogeton ursinum (L.) Salisb. ; Moly latifolium (Gilib.) Gray ; Ophioscorodon ursinum (L.) Wallr. ;

Allium ursinum, known as wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows's leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic or bear's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family Amaryllidaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, where it grows in moist woodland.^[2] It is a wild relative of onion and garlic, all belonging to the same genus, Allium. There are two recognized subspecies: A. ursinum subsp. ursinum and A. ursinum subsp. ucrainicum.^[3]

^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ GRIN-CA Archived 2019-01-12 at the Wayback Machine, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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[1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] GRIN-CA Archived 2019-01-12 at the Wayback Machine, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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