Wild onion

Wild onion

Wild onion can mean any uncultivated species in the genus "Allium", but especially:

* "Allium vineale" - (Crow garlic)
* "Allium canadense"
* "Allium validum"
* "Allium arvense"
* In Australia, the "bush onion", "Cyperus bulbosus", is also sometimes referred to as wild onion.


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