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Common Name

Ramps

Scientific Name

Allium tricoccum

More Clues to ID

This low-growing plant looks, smells, and tastes like onion and is served in US cuisine

You can sometimes find this plant sold in markets or served in restaurants. It is illegal to collect from the wild in Quebec, but elsewhere can be mindfully harvested. Do not overeat, as large amounts can be emetic.

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Learn about this species:

Wikipedia | TX Plant Database | WI Horticulture | IL Wildflowers | Edible Wild Food | iNaturalist | Ontario Wildflowers | Friends of the Wildflower Garden | Jungle Dragon | Dave’s Garden | How to Forage & Eat Wild Leeks | Appalachian Spring

This plant is also called wild leek, wild garlic, and spring onions. It grows most often in moist woods and can be found in huge numbers, easy to spot in spring when it can be harvested and eaten in its entirety, from small bulb to tip of leaf.

Image Credits

Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
H. Alexander Talbot, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Christophelaro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
H. Alexander Talbot, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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