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not marked as a favorite taxon Allium tricoccum W. Aiton. Common name: Ramps, Red Ramps, Wild Leek, Rampscallions. Phenology: Jun-Jul; Aug-Sep. Habitat: Cove forests and mesic slope forests. Distribution: NS and ND south to n. GA, n. AL, and MO.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: See A. burdickii for a discussion of the taxa of ramps.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Il, Mi, Mo1, RAB, W; = Allium tricoccum Aiton var. tricoccum — C, Can, FNA26, K4, NE, NY; < Allium tricoccum Aiton — F, G, Pa, Tat, Va; < Validallium tricoccum (Aiton) Small — S, S13. Basionym: Allium tricoccum Aiton 1789

Links to other floras: = Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 2

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image #1 of Allium tricoccum© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
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image #3 of Allium tricoccum© Jim Fowler | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Allium tricoccum© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Allium tricoccum© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Allium tricoccum© Jeffrey S. Pippen | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Allium tricoccum© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Allium tricoccum© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Allium tricoccum© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Allium tricoccum© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, scapose perennial from a strongly scented bulb, found in cove and other moist slope forests.

Stems: Stem a leafless flowering scape with a papery sheath at the base, reddish to pale green, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves 2--3, appearing in early spring and withering by time of flowering, basal, often with reddish sheaths at the base, oval to broadly lance-shaped, 6-12 in. long, glossy-green with prominent parallel veins.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a rounded umbel at top of scape, white or pale-yellow, 1/4 in. wide, bell-shaped, consisting of 6 translucent tepals, 6 stamens with pale yellow anthers and a light green to pale yellow ovary with single white style.

Fruits: Fruit a 3-lobed capsules containing black seeds.

Comments: Foliage and bulbs are a popular wild-foraging food.

Height: 6-11 in.

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description: Erect, scapose perennial from a strongly scented bulb, found in cove and other moist slope forests.

stems: Stem a leafless flowering scape with a papery sheath at the base, reddish to pale green, smooth.

leaves: Leaves 2--3, appearing in early spring and withering by time of flowering, basal, often with reddish sheaths at the base, oval to broadly lance-shaped, 6-12 in. long, glossy-green with prominent parallel veins.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a rounded umbel at top of scape, white or pale-yellow, 1/4 in. wide, bell-shaped, consisting of 6 translucent tepals, 6 stamens with pale yellow anthers and a light green to pale yellow ovary with single white style.

fruits: Fruit a 3-lobed capsules containing black seeds.

comments: Foliage and bulbs are a popular wild-foraging food.

cultural notes:

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native range: eastern North America



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