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Three-cornered leek There is a profusion of this plant outside my garden gate. Although described as a leek and tasting of chives, it has an overwhelming aroma of garlic. <br />
All of the plant is edible. The young plants can be uprooted when found in profusion and treated as baby leeks or spring onion, the leaves and flowers can be used in salads or the leaves in soups or stews, the more mature onion like roots can be used as onion or garlic. Allium triquetrum,Geotagged,Isle of Wight,Three-cornered leek,United Kingdom,bulbs,plants Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Three-cornered leek

There is a profusion of this plant outside my garden gate. Although described as a leek and tasting of chives, it has an overwhelming aroma of garlic.
All of the plant is edible. The young plants can be uprooted when found in profusion and treated as baby leeks or spring onion, the leaves and flowers can be used in salads or the leaves in soups or stews, the more mature onion like roots can be used as onion or garlic.

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  1. Three-cornered leek Close up of the flower Allium triquetrum,Geotagged,Three-cornered leek,United Kingdom,bulbs,isle of wight,plants
    Posted 5 years ago
  2. Beautiful and sounds useful too! I like garlic. You can just throw it in a pan and immediately everybody is like "ohhhhh smells delicious, what are you making!?!" Posted 5 years ago
    1. Absolutely, I really should make more use of this stuff, there is so much of it! Posted 5 years ago

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"Allium triquetrum" is a bulbous flowering plant in the genus "Allium" native to the Mediterranean basin. It is known in English as three-cornered leek, and in Australia and New Zealand as onion weed.

Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Apr 14, 2020. Captured in 35 Perowne Way, Sandown PO36 9BX, UK.