Need Identification of Unknown WeedDescription:Plant: Perennial Grass/Weed Location: Western Oregon I'm looking for the name of a noxious weed/grass. As shown in the photo, the most distinctive feature of the weed is the chains of pearl-like bulbs growing from its roots. If separated from the parent plant, each bulb can grow into a new plant. Unfortunately, the on-line weed identification sites I have searched seldom have drawings or pictures of the roots. Comments:
aek511 on
Mar 03, 2008 at 12:39 PM
that is wild onion. it can be cooked or eaten raw. i just mow over mine.
fiscus on
Thanks for the suggestion. Looking at Web photos of wild onions, there appears to be a large central bulb. Secondary bulbs seem to come directly off of the central bulb. With this plant, there is no onion smell and no central or main bulb. Rather, there are many long strands of bulbs hanging form several inches of roots.
LeoORLinda on
Hard to tell from the picture here... But are the stem portions, and possibly the leaf bases, sort of triangular in cross-section? If a flower stalk is available, this triangular pattern should be clear. There are a number of weedy sedges that have this kind of underground odd bulb pattern, some that seem to be a problem in your general area. From the picture, my first guess would also have been some sort of onion/ramp/garlic cousin. But if there is no smell, then that's not it. Per my old botany prof, 'sedges have edges'. Not round but triangular. If you see any sign of this triangle pattern, then hunt online among the sedges. Linda
fiscus on
The bulbs and stems are round with no edges. The stems and upper stems (leaves?) look pretty much like any grass.
I'm uploading a higher resolution photo.
LeoORLinda on
Your new pic will help a lot. Much better detail, and more clarity. Ditto description. Not a sedge. It looks even more like some sort of Allium cousin. But no smell? This pic may let someone else jump in with the right answer. Linda
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