''Nothoscordum bivalve'' is a species of flowering plant in the

Amaryllidaceae The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus ''Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryllis fa ...

known by the common names crowpoison and false garlic. It is native to the eastern United States from Texas to Florida up to Nebraska and Ohio, as well as Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina and central Chile.''Nothoscordum bivalve''.
Flora of North America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ''Nothoscordum bivalve'' is a perennial herb growing from a

bulb In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs duri ...

about a centimeter wide. It produces one erect stem, or occasionally two. They grow up to tall. There are one to four narrow leaves up to long. The inflorescence is an umbel of 3 to 6 flowers, or sometimes up to 10. There are two

bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...

s at the base of the umbel. The flower has six whitish tepals, each of which usually has a dark reddish midvein. The flower does not smell of onion.''Nothoscordum bivalve''.
USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet. It can have a fragran
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The fruit is a capsule. This is a common plant which grows in parks and on roadsides, and soils which are not too dry or too wet; it grows well in lawns. It is a favorite nectar source for small butterflies such as the

falcate orangetip ''Anthocharis midea'', the falcate orangetip, is a North American butterfly that was described in 1809 by Jacob Hübner. It belongs to the family Pieridae, which is the white and sulphurs. These butterflies are mostly seen in the eastern Unit ...

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