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What is this plant that smells like onions? (Solved) (lemmy.world)
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Edit: Answer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tuberosum

I've been letting this grassy plant slowly take over my yard and I haven't been able to actually identify it. It has white flowers in late summer that bumble bees absolutely love. It smells like onions when you cut it and it tastes like onion as well except maybe slightly more mild.

Location: SE Minnesota

Not flowering:

Seeding out:

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[-] grysbok 18 points 2 months ago

I used to have garlic chives in my herb garden, before I moved. It's handy being able to just go outside and snip up some oniony goodness for soup or what-have-you.

[-] kindenough@kbin.earth 7 points 2 months ago

Herb butter. Nomnom. We Dutch call it bieslook.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Bies do be lookin according to OP

[-] kindenough@kbin.earth 5 points 2 months ago

Bies the looks of it, you might be right.

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