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Wild Garlics
Tulbaghia
Tulbaghia (wild garlic or society garlic) is a genus of monocotyledonous herbaceous perennial bulbs native to Africa, belonging to the Amaryllis family. It is one of only two known genera in the society garlic tribe within the onion subfamily. The genus was named for Ryk Tulbagh (1699–1771), one time governor of The Cape of Good Hope.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Society Garlic
speciesTulbaghia violacea
Pungent Wild Garlic
speciesTulbaghia acutiloba
Cape Garlic
speciesTulbaghia capensis
Highveld Wild Garlic
speciesTulbaghia leucantha
Trumpet Garlic
speciesTulbaghia alliacea
Sweet garlic
speciesTulbaghia simmleri
Tulbaghia pretoriensis
speciesTulbaghia pretoriensis
Garden Route Garlic
speciesTulbaghia maritima
Poets Garlic
speciesTulbaghia coddii
Ajuin Wild Garlic
speciesTulbaghia dregeana
Scented Wild Garlic
speciesTulbaghia ludwigiana
Tulbaghia cernua
speciesTulbaghia cernua
Sweet Wild Garlic
speciesTulbaghia natalensis
Buffalo Garlic
speciesTulbaghia cominsii
Berg Garlic
speciesTulbaghia montana
Tulbaghia siebertii
speciesTulbaghia siebertii
Tulbaghia nutans
speciesTulbaghia nutans
Tulbaghia rhodesica
speciesTulbaghia rhodesica
Tulbaghia galpinii
speciesTulbaghia galpinii
Tulbaghia cameronii
speciesTulbaghia cameronii
Tulbaghia tenuior
speciesTulbaghia tenuior
Tulbaghia aequinoctialis
speciesTulbaghia aequinoctialis
Tulbaghia macrocarpa
speciesTulbaghia macrocarpa
Tulbaghia luebbertiana
speciesTulbaghia luebbertiana
Tulbaghia friesii
speciesTulbaghia friesii
Tulbaghia transvaalensis
speciesTulbaghia transvaalensis
Tulbaghia verdoornia
speciesTulbaghia verdoornia
Tulbaghia calcarea
speciesTulbaghia calcarea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119384.