Allium tricoccum Aiton

Narrowleaf Ramps; White Ramps

Herb

Perennial

Vascular

Leaves appear in early spring and then die back, flowers emerge without leaves later in summer.

Some specimens in Alabama have been referred to Allium burdickii (Hanes) A.G. Jones. However, Jones (1979) demonstrated that A. burdickii only reaches south to eastern TN and western NC. It is most likely that any specimens from Alabama identified as A. burdickii, are actually A. tricoccum.

Native S1 (State Rank) G5 (Global Rank)

Jones, A.G. 1979. A Study of Wild Leek, and the Recognition of Allium burdickii (Liliaceae). Systematic Botany 4: 29-43.