Wild Onion is a "cool season" perennial weed common in the Southeast. Although it is a close relative to the types cultivated in your garden, Wild Onion is very undesirable when it starts appearing in your turf. Wild Onion has slender, hollow, tubular leaves and will produce small, greenish- white flowers. You will recognize Wild Onion by the distinctive Onion aroma when you crush a bulb. Wild Onion reproduces by seeds, aerial bulbils, and through their underground, tuberous root system.

This perennial will appear in the early Spring and late Fall and it is hard to completely eradicate, unless you dig it all out. For small problems, this is the best solution. You must take care to remove all the roots and bulbs.

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