![]() ![]() TaxonomyĪllium tricoccum was first named as such in 1789 by the Scottish botanist William Aiton, in Hortus Kewensis, a catalog of plants cultivated in London's Kew botanic garden. After flowering and fertilization green fruits are produced that are three-lobed and open by way of three valves. The stamens are about as tall as the tepals and the filaments of the stamens have widened bases and are inserted on the corolla. The flowers have white, cream or yellowish tepals which are 4–7mm long. Flowering occurs in June or July into August. Ramps grow in close groups strongly rooted just beneath the surface of the soil. The flowering most commonly occurs after the leaves have died back, unlike the similar Allium ursinum, in which leaves and flowers can be seen at the same time. The flowering stem is persistent after fruiting. The inflorescence has two ovate bracts that enclose the flowers before they open and fall away at anthesis. ![]() The flowers are arranged into an umbel that has an erect scape that is typically 10–40 cm long. Each cluster of bulbs gives rise to one flowering stem. The bulbs are white and surrounded by brownish to grayish sheathing. Plants typically produce a cluster of 2–6 bulbs that give rise to broad, flat, smooth, light green leaves, that are 20–30 cm long including the narrow petioles, often with deep purple or burgundy tints on the lower stems. Allium tricoccum is a perennial growing from an ovoid-conical shaped bulb that is 2–6 cm long.
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