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Recognition
- Spring: broad green leaves (resembles wild garlic)
- Autumn: lilac-pink flower cups without leaves
- NO garlic smell (wild garlic HAS garlic smell)
- Grows in wet meadows and woodland
Dangerous lookalikes
- DEADLY — contains colchicine (inhibits cell division, no antidote)
- Look-alike wild garlic: identification = always smell leaf — WILD GARLIC SMELLS OF GARLIC
- Look-alike Lily of the Valley: no garlic scent, TOXIC
Never eat a plant you can't identify with certainty. If in doubt, leave it.
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