Onion Family: ALLIACEAE (LILIIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Agapanthus africanus Bressingham White Wyee, January 2007	Agapanthus hybrid cultivar Guilfoyle Wyee, January 2007	Agapanthus pendulus Dutch Giant Wyee, January 2007	Agapanthus praecox Nile Lily Sydney, September 2006
Allium cepa Onion Sydney, October 2011	Allium chinense Rakkyo Wyee, April 2007	Allium porrum Leek Sydney, August 2006	Allium sativum Garlic Sydney, August 2006
Allium schoenoprasum Chives Wyee, December 2007	Allium tuberosum Garlic Chives Magnetic Island, December 2011 Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson	Ipheion uniflorum Spring Starflower Sydney, August 2008	Nothoscordum gracile Onion Weed Sydney, August 2006

Proiphys amboinensis Cardwell Lily Magnetic Island Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Tulbaghia violacea Sweet Garlic Wyee, April 2007

The only species of caterpillars of Lepidoptera in Australia reported to have been found feeding on plants in ALLIACEAE are:

Spodoptera litura

Helicoverpa armigera

Agrotis interjectionis

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 7 February 2012, 2 Novenmber 2013, 18 March 2019, 22 May 2020)