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Ramsons, also known as Wild Garlic...

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...And a host of others.

In the Lily Family Liliaceae and is known as Allium ursinum
Ramsons spend most of the year as bulbs underground in ancient, damp woodlands, only emerging to flower and leaf from April onwards. This early spring flowering allows them to make the most of the sunlight that is still able to make it to their forest floor habitat and attracts the attention of plenty of pollinating insects including hoverflies, butterflies and longhorn beetles. Millions of bulbs may exist in one wood, causing the white, starry carpets and strong garlic smell we so keenly associate with this flower.

This is for a Norfolk lass :iconalicesplace: who loves Ramsons.

Found a host of these along the edge of Tor Woods around lunchtime today, so I pulled some flowers and had a munch, then some leaves followed. As I was eating them, a guy told me they were poisonous. I laughed and said "Well, I've been eating these for over sixty year, and as you can see, I'm still here. Do you know what they are?" He replied, "Lily of the Valley." Which is a highly poisonous plant. I explained to him about the difference between the two, and offered him some flowers to eat. He refused. Turns out he doesn't like garlic.

Lily of the valley Convallaria majlis is a sweetly scented, highly poisonous woodland flowering plant that is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe.
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1100x736px 561.46 KB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D80
Shutter Speed
1/160 second
Aperture
F/13.0
Focal Length
220 mm
ISO Speed
160
Date Taken
May 18, 2018, 12:16:33 PM
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Midnight-Heir's avatar
I only have one question . . .
Does Wild Garlic protect your from vampires?