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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.

Wild onion, Allium spp. These are strong-smelling bulbous plants of which at least two species have become naturalised in this country. A. vineale has for a long time been a pest in damp pastures where the narrow leaves are not easily detected, but when e