Family:

Alliaceae

Habitat:

Ruderal meadow

Growth habit:

krough

Plant size:

30 - 50 cm tall

Flower colour:

wwhite with green centre vein

Flowering time

December - May

Leaf characteristics:

z2 - 3 keeled, as long as the stem, with a short above-ground sheath

Flower characteristics:

zz u 3 - 15 in a one-sided spike umbel, nodding, long stalked 10 - 18 mm long, bell-shaped, bracts 2-petalled

Fruits:

6 - 7 mm long, membranous capsules

Special features:

The stem of the triangular leek is conspicuously 3-edged, the plant smells pungently of garlic.