ILLINOIS PLANT INFORMATION NETWORK
 
 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Allium tricoccum
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    LILIALES
 FAMILY:   LILIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Allium tricoccum
 AUTHORITY:  Ait.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    RAMP
    WILD LEEK
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ALTR3
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         MESIC
         WET-MESIC
     PRIMARY
       BLUFF
         CLIFF (ROCKY BLUFF)
           LIMESTONE
         NON-ROCKY BLUFF
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Upland oak
           White/Black/Northern Red-  Oak
     NORTHERN
       Northern Hardwoods
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BOONE           BUREAU          CARROLL         CASS
   CHAMPAIGN       COLES           COOK            CRAWFORD        DEKALB
   DEWITT          DOUGLAS         DUPAGE          FAYETTE         FORD
   FULTON          GRUNDY          HANCOCK         HENRY           IROQUOIS
   JACKSON         JO DAVIESS      KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL
   KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE         LEE             LIVINGSTON
   LOGAN           MCHENRY         MCLEAN          MACON           MACOUPIN
   MARSHALL        MASSAC          MENARD          MORGAN          MOULTRIE
   OGLE            PEORIA          PIATT           POPE            PUTNAM
   ROCK ISLAND     SANGAMON        SCHUYLER        SCOTT           STARK
   STEPHENSON      VERMILION       WHITESIDE       WILL            WINNEBAGO
 
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Monocot
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     This and var. burdickii have been observed as separate since
     1877, but actual formal recognition did not occur unitl 1953.
     Menomini Indiana name "shikako" or "skunk place" refers to
     Chicago, where abundant wild leeks grew.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (rhizomes)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate    Basal
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Parallel
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear   Oblong   Lanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Umbel
    FLOWER MEROUS:  3
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Violet   White   Others
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Leaves appear in earliest srping and resemble tulip leaves in
     size and shape; leaves disappear by flowering time. This
     typical variety with petioles and leaf sheaths reddish, blades
     mostly 2.6-6.0 cm. broad, elliptic.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 GEOGRAPHIC COMMENTS:
     Species is occasional in northern 1/2 of state, rare elsewhere.
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      6         MONTH END-      7
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in association with Acer saccharum, and Fagus
     grandifolia.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     EDIBLE:  Yes
 
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Young leaves may be used as seasoning in soups or cooked into an onion soup;
     cut up in salads.
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 LIVESTOCK COMMENTS:
     Inhalation or ingestion of volatiles may flavor milk (Muenscher).
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     WEEDINESS:   COLONIZING
 
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Gleason, H. A.  1952.  The new Britton and Brown illustrated flora of the
     northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.  3 vols.  The New York
     Botanical Garden, New York.
Fernald, M. L., A. C. Kinsey, and R. C. Rollins.  1958.  Edible wild plants of
     eastern North America.  Harper and Brothers, New York.  452 pp.
 
 OTHER REFERENCES:
     Muenscher, W.C.L. 1939. Poisonous Plants of the United States. The
          Macmillan Co. N.Y., N.Y. 266 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Allium tricoccum
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015