Comments on: What is this flower?

Question: What is this flower?

anifinder — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:30:50 -0800

FlowerFilter: Can you identify this flower?

These flowers bloom in the late winter and spring months in my father's yard (in southern Louisiana), and he is curious to know exactly what they are.

He thinks they are some kind of wildflower or weed, though neither one of us know very much about plant life.

Some internet searches suggest it could be False Garlic, but my eye is not really trained enough to make a definitive confirmation.

Thanks for your help!

By: watercarrier

watercarrier — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:41:30 -0800

Star of Bethlehem?

By: hippugeek

hippugeek — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:45:48 -0800

Can you tell us anything more about it? How tall is the plant? What do the leaves look like? Does it seem to have a preference for sun or shade?

By: Stewriffic

Stewriffic — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:12:55 -0800

White trout lily?

By: watercarrier

watercarrier — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:20:35 -0800

Do they grow in clusters like these?

By: zinfandel

zinfandel — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:33:44 -0800

I think you've identified it correctly, anifinder.

Thumbing through this book (assuming we have most of our wildflowers in common), the only white flower that looks even close is the False Garlic. The description reads, in part "Six to twelve white or cream-colored flowers cluster together in an umbel at the top of the leafless, food-long stalk."

By: ZaneJ.

ZaneJ. — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:50:03 -0800

It would be beneficial if you had more pictures to provide. The way the flower or flowers grow together, as well as the plant itself are important to be able to identify it as many closely related plant's flowers look the same.

By: watercarrier

watercarrier — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:58:49 -0800

Yes, it appears to be False Garlic - aka Nothoscordum bivalve (L.) Britton. Here is a better photo.

By: Pants!

Pants! — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:14:39 -0800

Another name for False Garlic is crow poison. (at least in Texas?)