This is an introduced plant from Southern europe which occasionally escapes into the wild from gardens. Here it was in dense shade hence the strange colouration but well naturalised amongst Petasites hybridus (Butterbur) and Allium ursinum (Ramsons). There are supposed to be two sub species which Stace is very doubtful about as intermediates occur in gardens. If the sub species do exist then this one is ssp bulgaricum being the paler flowered with greenish tepals.

N. siculum has escaped a little in southern and middle England but there is little in the north of England and none recorded from Scotland Wales or Ireland.

Nectaroscordum siculum Honey Garlic Chee Dale, Derbyshire 15th June 2006 Previous   Next

Nectaroscordum siculum Honey Garlic

Chee Dale, Derbyshire 15th June 2006

Added on 15th June 2006, updated 14th January 2011