Wild or not?

[Alison F]

These onions/scallions/chives are growing all over my yard.  Any idea what they are?  Are they wild or escapees from a veggie garden?  They are in a place that would not have been a garden (in the shade of Norway maples), and some grow more than a foot tall. Just curious.

 

[IthacaNancy]

Hi Alison,

 

I'm curious too - we have some growing under our maples . . . seeds dropped from birds would be my guess, but onion seeds seem unlikely . . .  They are tasty and we still seem fairly healthy after eating them.

 

I wonder if anyone can give us better information.

 

Nancy

[Rachel Firak]

Alison, that looks like wild garlic to me, allium vineale.

[Alison F]

Thanks, Rachel!  Looks like they have pretty distinctive flowers (according to this website), so I'll keep my eye out for that.