What is this plant?
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Carmen
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I'm in SW Florida and pulled this plant near my Foxtail palm tree. What is it?
43 answers
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That looks like a green onion??
Linda
on Oct 19, 2016
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Could be so many things. I'd put it in a pot and watch it grow into...? Fun! You may have a rare tropical plant there!
C Crow
on Oct 19, 2016
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Looks like a Tulip leaf.
4en12119319
on Oct 19, 2016
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It may be a african lily based on the leaf. I will be curious.Plant it up in a container and wait.
Janet Pizaro
on Oct 19, 2016
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hmm your right about the roots could it be a dutch iris??
Linda
on Oct 19, 2016
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or muscari bulbs
Linda
on Oct 19, 2016
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I live in Tampa, Florida and recently transplanted lilies from a neighbor's yard. The leaves and roots of the small ones looked like these you have pictured. When mature, they have spiked leaves 2 feet long and the flower stalks rise up about 2 feet. Each stalk has a cluster of fragrant flowers. One of mine is fuschia pink and the other variety is pink /white striped. Yours are small , but may bloom in late Spring if planted now in a sunny location. My mature bulbs were the size of large onions when I planted them. They rewarded me with lots of blooms! I don't know the name of these lilies, but many neighbors plant them along foundation of house. I put mine in their own circular bed at the corner of a fence. They are clumped instead of spread out in a line. I think they are a variety of Amaryllis, but with smaller fragrant flowers. They also could be Crinum lily which is very fragrant, pink or white that look like spider plant flowers. Just plant them and see what happens! It should be a nice surprise!
Gainorhillegass
on Oct 19, 2016
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I found out what the name of this plant is. It's a Florida native ground orchid called EULOPHIA GROUND ORCHID! Thanks to everyone who responded!
Carmen
on Oct 19, 2016
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Amaryllis?
Linda
on Oct 20, 2016
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wild onion ??
Ester M Meyers
on Oct 20, 2016
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I have an app on my iPhone "Like That Garden" you snap a picture of a plant or butterfly and it attempts to identify it for you. Super cool and it was free!
Gina Maylone
on Oct 20, 2016
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It looks like a scallion aka baby onion
Georgette Cypher Lamb
on Oct 20, 2016
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I was way off I thought it was a crocus!!
Sandra Allen
on Oct 20, 2016
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Why not plant it, wait for a while, and it might bloom. Then you will know definitely what it is! Even onions have blooms .. LOL
Patty
on Oct 20, 2016
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Possibly a plant I have that's always been called a Pregnant Onion. Hard to tell without closer examination but if little onion bulbs are forming on the inside of a larger bulb and moving to the surface then would be it.
Roo7673931
on Oct 20, 2016
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Looks like garlic
Dia13246406
on Oct 20, 2016
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probably a day lily. mother had them in fl and they looked like this. wild garlic is also a possibility. like the idea of planting them and being surprised
Diane Ward
on Oct 20, 2016
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nothing else has roots like that, it is a pregnant onion & they arent consumables
Dana Oleske
on Oct 20, 2016
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looks like spring onions to me
Eileen DeRitis
on Oct 20, 2016
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I've heard them called "sea onions" where they make the babies on the side like that, but the leaves don't look right. Does the plant have a smell?
Debra Kent
on Oct 20, 2016
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Looks like onions to me. I get them in my flowerbeds and yard a the time.
Beth
on Oct 20, 2016
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Looks like some type of amaryllis to me.
Shirley Midgett
on Oct 20, 2016
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It looks like paper whites
Janie Dixon Spivey
on Oct 20, 2016
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If it smells like an onion when you cut one it probably is an onion
Susan Borchard
on Oct 20, 2016
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Looks like Ginger rizomes
Myra Ephross
on Oct 20, 2016
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Probably in the onion family. I have small flowers in the spring on wood hyacinths,which are related.
Patty
on Oct 20, 2016
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could be wild iris
Mary Morvant
on Oct 20, 2016
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LOL, guess from reading the comments you may never know what this is. i thought it was wild onion but the tops are more like a flower. scratch the onion idea. unless of course that is what they smell like.
Connie
on Oct 20, 2016
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this is a pic i found on google. google wild onions, see if this is what you have. have fun. enjoy!
Connie
on Oct 20, 2016
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Use App "Like that garden". Take a picture and it tells you what it is.
Sandy Kaplan
on Oct 20, 2016
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I was thinking onions or garlic but never seen roots like those. Transplant to a pot and see what develops.
Deanna Nassar
on Oct 20, 2016
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I'm pretty sure it's a wild orchid....it's also considered invasive. The flower is not very pretty...very small.
Jeanne
on Oct 20, 2016
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Yes wild onions
Sil8903300
on Oct 20, 2016
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Looks like Iris or Day lilly bulbs to me.
Gama
on Oct 20, 2016
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It's not in the allium family (onions,etc.) orchids may be possible. But just grow it and be surprised!
Iberkeley
on Oct 20, 2016
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I've seen onion roots like that.
Ruth Sharon Mc Govern
on Oct 20, 2016
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Looks like its in the onion family. Smell it, you'll know right away.
1268409614
on Oct 20, 2016
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Crocus
Sue
on Oct 20, 2016
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Wild onions
Bob
on Oct 21, 2016
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Sword Lily Gladiolus.
Bonnie
on Oct 21, 2016
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Looks like a sea onion?
Aftmdnt L Aftmdnt
on Oct 21, 2016
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You could go to a gardening site & ask them. Send them the picture also.
Gama
on Oct 21, 2016
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Smell the plant,. It looks like Mexican green onions. If it doesn't smell like onions then it's a flower.
Judy Nichols Tejwani
on Oct 21, 2016
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