Allium ursinium growing among rocks in a valley with a small stream
Allium ursinum is a wild relative of chives. The specific name derives from the fact that brown bears like to eat the bulbs of the plant and dig up the ground to get at them, as do wild boar. The plants grow mainly in swampy deciduous woodlands, being most common in areas with slightly acidic soils. They flower before the trees get their leaves and fill the air with their characteristic strong smell. The stem is triangular in shape and the leaves are like those of the Lily of the Valley. Unlike the related crow garlic and field garlic, the flower-head contains no bulbils, only flowers.
Size: 5605px × 3735px
Location: Sweden Skane Krapperup
Photo credit: © Linn Arvidsson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: allium, beautiful, beauty, buckrams, flowing, foliage, garlic, horizontal, leaf, leaves, lush, nature, people, plant, plants, ramsons, river, rivers, rock, rocks, stone, stones, stream, streams, ursinium, valley, valleys, water, wild
