0 a type of plant that belongs to the group that includes onions and garlic, with a circular mass of flowers on a long stem -- 葱属植物
Plants are superficially similar to those of the allium subfamily, being perennial herbs with an umbellate inflorescence made up of quite small flowers.
In winter, white eared pheasants subsist on pine needles, juniper berries, wolf berries, and the desiccated seed pods of iris, lily and allium.
However, resistant cultivars may lack desirable traits, such as a tendency toward early bolting when allium flowers are desirable for markets.
The inflorescence bracts also differ from those of alliums.
Allium canadense has an edible bulb covered with a dense skin of brown fibers and tastes like an onion.
Allium acuminatum produces bulbs that are spherical, less than 2 cm across and smelling like onions.
Several chapters stand out, including those on taxonomy and evolution, the exciting possibilities for fertile garlic and the increasing understanding of the health benefits of alliums.
The list includes aconite, allium cepa—which is onion—bryonia, dulcamara, gelsemium, hepar sulph, nux vomica, phosphorus and pulsatilla, and they all deal with different symptoms.
