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Wild Leeks

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

This herbaceous perennial plant produces basal leaves 4-9" long and 1½-3½" across on short petioles (usually 2-3 per bulb). The basal leaves are ovate-oval to ovate-elliptic, light to medium green, hairless, and smooth along the margins.

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Wild Leek or ramps, Allium tricoccum, has noticeable leaves in spring but does not bloom until summer, when the leaves have died back, in rich, moist woods.

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