Plant
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Size
10â45 cm tallAnkle to knee height when in full leaf
Lifespan
Perennial bulb
Rarity
Common
M vs F
N/A
Habitat
Damp ancient woodland, shaded riverbanks, hedgebanks â a strong indicator of ancient woodland
Best time
MarchâMay (leaves); AprilâJune (flowers)
Conservation
UK: Green
LC
💡 Did you know?
Wild Garlic carpets can cover entire woodland floors in April â you can smell a colony before you see it, the garlicky scent drifting hundreds of metres through the trees
The leaves are edible and were used as a spring green for thousands of years â Iron Age and medieval communities gathered them heavily, and the plant is still harvested today
Often confused with
Three-cornered Garlic (triangular stem
bell-shaped flowers)
Lily of the Valley (no smell â poisonous
similar leaf shape)
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