But underneath their covert, in the shade, grey periwinkles wind among the snowy drift of allium.
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Several chapters stand out, including those on taxonomy and evolution, the exciting possibilities for fertile garlic and the increasing understanding of the health benefits of alliums.
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The list includes aconite,alliumcepa—which is onion—bryonia, dulcamara, gelsemium, hepar sulph, nux vomica, phosphorus and pulsatilla, and they all deal with different symptoms.
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Care is needed in placing all the drumstick alliums, since their withered leaves are unattractive at flowering time.
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This family consisted of the leek (alliumporrum), onion (alliumcepa), and garlic (alliumsativum).
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Plants lack the garlic odor typical of thealliumsubfamily, and have a fibrous corm rather than a bulb.
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However, resistant cultivars may lack desirable traits, such as a tendency toward early bolting whenalliumflowers are desirable for markets.
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In winter, white eared pheasants subsist on pine needles, juniper berries, wolf berries, and the desiccated seed pods of iris, lily andallium.
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They note that tomato cooked with oil,alliumvegetables like garlic, and cruciferous vegetables like cauliflower, provide some protection against cancer.
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Alliumacuminatum produces bulbs that are spherical, less than 2 cm across and smelling like onions.
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Many alliums have basal leaves that commonly wither away from the tips downward before or while the plants flower, but some species have persistent foliage.
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Some bulbous alliums increase by forming little bulbs or offsets around the old one, as well as by seed.
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One way they can do this is to repel insects and other pests through their smell, as do alliums and wormwood.
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Tomato cooked with oil,alliumvegetables like garlic, and cruciferous vegetables like cauliflower probably contain compounds which are under research for their possible anti-cancer activity.
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Plants are superficially similar to those of thealliumsubfamily, being perennial herbs with an umbellate inflorescence made up of quite small flowers.
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Alliumcanadense has an edible bulb covered with a dense skin of brown fibers and tastes like an onion.
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