Synonyms:

• (=) Allium kochii Lange
• (=) Allium vineale var. purpureum H. P. G. Koch

Common names:

• crow garlic  (Source: Econ Pl Aust) - English
• false garlic  (Source: Pl Book) - English
• field garlic  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• stag garlic  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• wild garlic  (Source: L NWeeds Hawaii) - English
• wild onion  (Source: F BritStace) - English
• ail des vignes  (Source: L Noms French ed7) - French
• Kochs Lauch  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• Weinbergslauch  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• alho-vinhedo  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• purpursandlök  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• sandlök  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2)
• Weed: potential seed contaminant (fide Weed CIBA)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, Romania
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Portugal, Spain


Naturalized (widely natzd. elsewhere)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
3. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 (Cooper & Johnson ed2)
4. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
5. Demilly, D. et al. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7. 2001 (L Noms French ed7)
6. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
7. Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
8. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
9. Hawaii Department of Agriculture List of plant species designated as noxious weeds for eradication or control purposes. 1992 (L NWeeds Hawaii)
10. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. 2004 (L Canarias)
11. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
12. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 (Econ Pl Aust)
13. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
14. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 (Pl Book)
15. Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson Noxious weeds of Australia. 1992 (Noxweed Aust)
16. Stace, C. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace)
17. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)
18. Valdés, B. et al., eds. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du nord du Maroc, incluant des clés d'identification. 2002 (L NMaroc)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2416. Accessed 12 marzo 2026.