Taxon: Nothoscordum gracile (Aiton) Stearn

• the 4 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• fragrant false garlic   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• onionweed   (Source: F Aust ) – English
  
• vaniljlök   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  
• Weed   (fide F Aust)
  

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Panama
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay

• widely naturalized

• also cultivated

References:

• Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. [introd.].
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
• George, A. S., ed. 1994. Flora of Australia. [lists as N. gracile auct. = N. borbonicum Kunth].
• Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003–. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica.
• Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales. [lists as N. gracile auct. = N. borbonicum Kunth].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
• Ravenna, P. 1991. Nothoscordum gracile and N. borbonicum (Alliaceae). Taxon 40:485–487. [N. gracile auct. = N. borbonicum Kunth].
• Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996–. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. [lists as N. gracile auct. = N. borbonicum Kunth].
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Stearn, W. T. 1986. Nothoscordum gracile, the correct name of N. fragrans and the N. inodorum of authors (Alliaceae). Taxon 35:335–338.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Nothoscordum gracile.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Nothoscordum gracile.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Nothoscordum gracile.

Synonyms:

• (=) Allium fragrans Vent.
  
• (≡) Allium gracile Aiton (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Allium inodorum auct.
  
• (=) Nothoscordum borbonicum Kunth
  
• (=) Nothoscordum fragrans (Vent.) Kunth
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Nothoscordum inodorum auct.
  

Check other web resources for Nothoscordum gracile (Aiton) Stearn:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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