Allium canadense

Meadow garlic, Canada garlic

Native to Florida

Species Overview

This native wild garlic is frequently found in ditches and open disturbed sites of the northern and central counties of Florida (Wunderlin, 1998). It occurs in the entire eastern half of the U.S., from Florida to Canada (Kartesz, 1999).

Meadow garlic’s oniony odor is especially pronounced after the road maintenance crews have mowed the right of way. Meadow garlic flowers in the spring.

References and Useful Links

Floridata Homepage

University of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

University of Florida’s Cooperative Extension Electronic Data Information Source

Langeland, K.A. and K. Craddock Burks. 1998. Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas. IFAS Publication SP 257. University of Florida, Gainesville. 165 pp.

Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER). Plant Threats to Pacific Ecosystems 

Excerpted from 
University of Florida, IFAS Extension, Circular 1529, Invasive Species Management Plans for Florida, 2008 by 
Greg MacDonald, Associate Professor Jay Ferrell, Assistant Professor and Extension Weed Specialist 
Brent Sellers, Assistant Professor and Extension Weed Specialist 
Ken Langeland, Professor and Extension Weed Specialist Agronomy Department, Gainesville and Range Cattle REC, Ona 
Tina Duperron-Bond, DPM – Osceola County 
Eileen Ketterer-Guest, former Graduate Research Assistant

More Resources

See more information and pictures about coral ardisia, as contained in the Langeland/Burks book, Identification & Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas.

Field trials for herbicide control of coral ardisia (Ardisia crenata) in natural areas of north-central Florida, by J.T. Hutchinson, K.A. Langeland, and M. Meisenburg, Invasive Plant Science and Management 4:234-238 (2011).

View the herbarium specimen image from the University of Florida Herbarium Digital Imaging Projects.

More Resources

View the herbarium specimen image from the University of Florida Herbarium Digital Imaging Projects.

Species Characteristics

Impacts