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Datasheet

Allium vineale (crow garlic)

Summary

  • Last modified
  • 25 September 2013
  • Datasheet Type(s)
  • Invasive Species
  • Host Plant
  • Preferred Scientific Name
  • Allium vineale
  • Preferred Common Name
  • crow garlic
  • Taxonomic Tree
  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Plantae
  •         Phylum: Spermatophyta
  •             Subphylum: Angiospermae
  •                 Class: Monocotyledonae
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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

  • Allium vineale

Preferred Common Name

  • crow garlic

International Common Names

  • English: field garlic; wild garlic; wild onion
  • Spanish: ajito de las vinas; ajo cimarron
  • French: ail des vignes
  • Portuguese: alho-das-vinhas

Local Common Names

  • Germany: Weinberg- Lauch
  • Italy: aglio delle vigne
  • Netherlands: kraailook
  • Sweden: sandloek

EPPO code

  • ALLVI (Allium vineale)

Taxonomic Tree

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  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Plantae
  •         Phylum: Spermatophyta
  •             Subphylum: Angiospermae
  •                 Class: Monocotyledonae
  •                     Order: Liliales
  •                         Family: Liliaceae
  •                             Genus: Allium
  •                                 Species: Allium vineale

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

CountryDistributionLast ReportedOriginFirst ReportedInvasiveReferencesNotes

AFRICA

KenyaPresentIntroduced1993InvasiveIPPC-Secretariat, 2005

NORTH AMERICA

CanadaUnconfirmed recordCAB Abstracts
USAUnconfirmed recordCAB Abstracts
-MississippiUnconfirmed recordCAB Abstracts

EUROPE

GermanyUnconfirmed recordCAB Abstracts

Economic Impact

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Serious economic impact to horticultural farmers in Kenya (IPPC-Secretariat, 2005).

Uses List

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Materials

  • Poisonous to mammals

Distribution Maps

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Distribution map Canada: Unconfirmed recordGermany: Unconfirmed recordKenya: Present, introduced, invasive
IPPC-Secretariat, 2005USA: Unconfirmed recordUSA: Unconfirmed recordUSA
See regional map for distribution within the country
  • = Present, no further details
  • = Evidence of pathogen
  • = Widespread
  • = Last reported
  • = Localised
  • = Presence unconfirmed
  • = Confined and subject to quarantine
  • = See regional map for distribution within the country
  • = Occasional or few reports
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Distribution map (asia)
Distribution map (europe) Germany: Unconfirmed record
Distribution map (africa) Kenya: Present, introduced, invasive
IPPC-Secretariat, 2005
Distribution map (north america) Canada: Unconfirmed recordUSA: Unconfirmed recordMississippi: Unconfirmed record
Distribution map (central america) USA: Unconfirmed record
Distribution map (south america)
Distribution map (pacific)