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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Nothoscordum
|accepted_authority=Kunth
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Enum. Pl.
|place=4: 457. 1843
|year=1843
}}
|common_names=False onion;false garlic
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Nothoscordum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Nothoscordum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek nothos, false, and scordon, garlic
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 55, 277
|treatment_page=page 276
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, scapose, from bulbs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties=""><b>Bulbs </b>in general appearance very similar to some species of Allium, without alliaceous odor;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="outer coat texture">outer coats membranous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf presence;time life cycle;basal leaf arrangement;basal leaf architecture or shape"><b>Leaves </b>usually present at flowering time, basal, imbricate, sheathing basally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape">blade filiform to linear.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>umbellate, subtended by spathe bracts;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract quantity;bract texture">bracts 2, membranous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower arrangement;flower duration"><b>Flowers </b>fastigiate, withering-persistent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="tepal quantity;tepal arrangement;tepal fusion;tepal position;tepal quantity;tepal architecture;tepal size">tepals 6, 2-whorled, connate proximal 1/3, 1-veined, subequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen fusion;stamen position">stamens 6, adnate to tepal bases, included;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="filament fusion;filament shape;filament shape;filament architecture or shape">filaments distinct, ± dilated basally, subulate and entire apically;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="anther fixation;anther shape">anthers dorsifixed, oblong, introse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary superior, sessile, 3-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="ovule quantity;ovule quantity">ovules several (–12);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="style shape">style filiform;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="stigma position or structure subtype;stigma size">stigma terminal, small.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit texture;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, 3-lobed, membranous, dehiscence loculicidal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed coloration;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>black, angled [compressed or almost flat].</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;South America
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 19 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>All species of Nothoscordum are native to the Americas. Nothoscordum gracile has become naturalized in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia; it spreads rapidly by seeds and bulblets.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves 4–12 mm wide; flowers fragrant; tepals connate to 1/3 their length.
|[[Nothoscordum gracile|Nothoscordum gracile]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves 1–4(–5) mm wide; flowers not fragrant; tepals distinct or nearly so.
|[[Nothoscordum bivalve|Nothoscordum bivalve]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Nothoscordum
|author=T. D. Jacobsen;Dale W. McNeal Jr.
|authority=Kunth
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|distribution=North America;South America
|reference=None
|publication title=Enum. Pl.
|publication year=1843
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_526.xml
|genus=Nothoscordum
|anther fixation=dorsifixed
|anther shape=oblong
|basal leaf architecture or shape=sheathing
|basal leaf arrangement=imbricate
|blade shape=filiform;linear
|bract quantity=2
|bract texture=membranous
|filament architecture or shape=entire
|filament fusion=distinct
|filament shape=subulate;dilated
|flower arrangement=fastigiate
|flower duration=withering-persistent
|fruit architecture=capsular
|fruit dehiscence=loculicidal
|fruit shape=3-lobed
|fruit texture=membranous
|inflorescence architecture=umbellate
|leaf presence=absent
|outer coat texture=membranous
|ovary architecture=sessile
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=3-locular
|ovary position=superior
|ovule quantity=12];several
|seed coloration=black
|seed shape=angled
|stamen fusion=adnate
|stamen position=included
|stamen quantity=6
|stigma position or structure subtype=terminal
|stigma size=small
|style shape=filiform
|tepal architecture=1-veined
|tepal arrangement=2-whorled
|tepal fusion=connate
|tepal position=proximal
|tepal quantity=1/3;6
|tepal size=subequal
|time life cycle=flowering
|whole_organism architecture=scapose
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
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