#nothoscordum

[raccaryusui]

ハタケニラ(畑韮)の花。

欧文名:Nothoscordum。

[cedar-glade]

Nothoscordum bivalve

False garlic

[cedar-glade]

I still need to collect seeds from this population of  Nothoscordum bivalve in Adams county. This species is an early spring bloomer and fits right in with the other barren species that bloom mid to late may.  Camassia scilloides,  Primula meadia, and Lithospermum canescens can all be seen on this hill side, a few violets are also notable as well. Unfortunately Pulsatilla patens and Geum triflorum are not native to this region and only are truly abundant in similar habitat in the northern central planes. The other plant that's missing from this prairie that is found in other prairies near by is Castilleja coccinea

Can’t wait for spring.

[cedar-glade]

An introduced but a well received inclusion in open wood and barren communities of Adams co. Ohio is  Nothoscordum bivalve

This species is also called false garlic and is native to other barren communities in the U.S. but not Ohio. It was well received due to it adding increased early season full sun nectar sources and for the fact that it doesn’t out compete other natives. I’ve never seen it in person before until this spring, and it’s deffenetly adds to the rubber necking. Here is a classic road side exposure where dwarf lark spur, wild hyacinth, and midland shooting star are present in abundance. 

[nordicsublime]

Nothoscordum

[botanicsstories]

A late entry into the Alpine House

Single golden yellow flowers are perched on the end of 150 – 180mm long stems of this autumn flowering bulb, from warm temperate Uruguay and Argentina. It is labelled Ipheion hirtellum at the moment. The poor plant has changed name a number of times since being discovered and is now known as Nothoscordum hirtellum. The flowers scent of rubber or deep heat depending on your imagination.

Pot cultivated and plunged in a sand bed to give a cool root zone but naturally found growing in open grassland where regular rainfall is experienced. A member of the Alliaceae (the onion family); smell the leaves for confirmation.

Ipheion hirtellum

Ipheion hirtellum

A late entry into the Alpine House was originally published on Botanics Stories