Scientific Name:
Allium moly
Pronunciation:
AL-ee-um MOLL-ee
Common Name:
lily leek, yellow garlic
Family Name:
Amaryllidaceae
Plant Type:
Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:
Leaves basal, strap-like, with onion smell, 20-35cm long x 3-6cm wide; flowers bright yellow, star-shaped with 6 tepals and stamens, in umbels 4-7cm wide, on leafless peduncles about 30cm long in June.
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Vase
Texture:
Medium
Mature Height:
0.4 - 0.7m
Mature Spread:
0.1 - 0.3m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
Europe
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Medicinal plant, Perennial border, Rock garden, Urban agriculture
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible, Parallel venation
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Glaucous, Distinctive smell
Colour in Summer:
Bluish, Green
Colour in Fall:
Yellow
Shapes:
Linear
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Sheathing
Margins:
Entire
Additional Info:
Onion smell when bruised or cut
Inflorescence Type:
Umbel
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
3
Corolla Shape:
Campanulate
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, Yellow
Flower Time at Peak:
May, Jun
Additional Info:
6 tepals
Fruit Type:
Capsule
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Jul, Aug
Additional Info:
Not showy
Bark or Stem Colour:
Organ Modifications:
Bulbs
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
(Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant)
Course(s):
- not used (on campus)
Location(s):
- (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend : labyrinth