Plant Details

Accepted name:: Allium vineale L. [Amaryllidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
crow garlic	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild garlic	Other	Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 55 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Allium affine Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 4: 114 (1859), nom. illeg.
Allium arenarium Wahlenb. in J.W.Palmstruch, Sv. Bot. 10: t. 691 (1828), nom. illeg.
Allium assimile Halácsy Consp. Fl. Graec. 3: 249 (1904).
Allium campestre Schleich. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 51 (1840), not validly publ.
Allium canadense Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1007 (1830), nom. illeg.
Allium compactum Thuill. Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 2: 167 (1799).
Allium descendens W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 719 (1837), sensu auct.
Allium guttatum var. compactum (Batt. & Trab.) Franco & Rocha Afonso Nova Fl. Portugal 3: 95 (1994).
Allium laxiflorum Tausch Flora 12: 46 (1829).
Allium littoreum Bertol. Amoen. Ital.: 241 (1819).
Allium margaritaceum var. bulbiferum Batt. & Trab. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 353 (1904).
Allium margaritaceum var. compactum Batt. & Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 61 (1895).
Allium nitens Sauzé & Maillard Cat. Pl. Phan. Deux-Sèvres: 51 (1872).
Allium purshii G.Don Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 10 (1827).
Allium rilaense Panov Dokl. Bulg. Akad. Nauk 26: 1227 (1973).
Allium rotundum Wimm. & Grab. Enum. Stirp. Phan. Silesia: 56 (1824), nom. illeg.
Allium sphaerocephalon var. compactum (Thuill.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 784 (1889).
Allium sphaerocephalum Crome ex Schltdl. Fl. Berol. 2: 249 (1824).
Allium subvineale Wendelbo Fl. Iranica 76: 53 (1971).
Allium vineale var. affine Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 41 (1875).
Allium vineale subsp. affine (Regel) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 198 (1890).
Allium vineale subsp. asperiflorum (Regel) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 198 (1890).
Allium vineale var. asperiflorum Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 41 (1875).
Allium vineale var. biceps Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 183 (1821 publ. 1822).
Allium vineale var. bulbiferum Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 9: 210 (1869).
Allium vineale var. capsuliferum W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 831 (1844).
Allium vineale subsp. capsuliferum (W.D.J.Koch) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 199 (1890).
Allium vineale f. compactum (Thuill.) Neuman Sver. Fl.: 644 (1901).
Allium vineale f. compactum (Thuill.) Bolzon Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 20: 314 (1913).
Allium vineale subvar. compactum (Thuill.) Coss. & Germ. Introd. Fl. Anal. Paris: 128 (1842).
Allium vineale subsp. compactum (Thuill.) Berher in L.Louis, Fl. Vosges, éd. 2: 210 (1887).
Allium vineale subsp. compactum (Thuill.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 198 (1890).
Allium vineale var. compactum (Thuill.) Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 130 (1812).
Allium vineale var. compactum Boreau Fl. Centre France, ed. 3, 2: 629 (1857), nom. illeg.
Allium vineale var. descendens Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 736 (1882).
Allium vineale var. kochii Lange in G.C.Oeder & al. (eds.), Fl. Dan.: 254 (1864).
Allium vineale subsp. kochii (Lange) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 198 (1890).
Allium vineale subsp. kochii (Lange) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 736 (1882).
Allium vineale var. laxiflorum (Tausch) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 12: 350 (1910).
Allium vineale var. monspessulanum (Willd. ex Schltdl.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 167 (1935).
Allium vineale var. multiflorum Baguet Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 22: 86 (1883).
Allium vineale var. multiplicatum Lindstr. Bot. Not. 1920: 184 (1920).
Allium vineale var. nitens (Sauzé & Maillard) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 736 (1882).
Allium vineale proles nitens (Sauzé & Maillard) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 12: 351 (1910).
Allium vineale var. nitens (Sauzé & Maillard) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 167 (1935).
Allium vineale var. pratense Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 130 (1812).
Allium vineale subsp. purpureum (H.P.G.Koch) Lindm. Sv. Fanerogamfl.: 166 (1918).
Allium vineale var. purpureum H.P.G.Koch Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1862: 117 (1863).
Allium vineale var. purshii (G.Don) Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 41 (1875).
Allium vineale var. sylvaticum Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 130 (1812).
Allium vineale var. typicum Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 110 (1905), not validly publ.
Allium vineale var. virens Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 236 (1882), nom. superfl.
Getuonis vinealis (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 20 (1837).
Porrum capitatum P.Renault Fl. Orne: 33 (1804).
Porrum vineale (L.) Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4: 76 (1853).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Allium vineale L.	Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Allium vineale L. subsp. vineale	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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