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What is this plant that smells like onions? (Solved) (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Fosheze@lemmy.world to c/whatisthisthing@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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[-] GeminiFrenchFry@lemm.ee 32 points 2 months ago

Looks like garlic chives.

[-] Fosheze@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Looks like you got it. Thank you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tuberosum

Cool, I figured they were safe to eat but it's good to know for sure. Also not even listed as being invasive. Definitely gonna keep spreading these because like I said in the origional post the bumble bees go absolutely nuts for them.

[-] 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.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

~~Those don't look like garlic flowers to me.~~

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Garlic chives are a different plant to garlic

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

You're right. I stand corrected.

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

can you take one bulb out and take a photo?

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