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Honey Garlic

Nectaroscordum siculum

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Common names

15 names · 14 languages
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Other languages (13)
Dutch
  • Bulgaarse ui
French
Chinese (Simplified)
Czech
  • česnek sicilský[3]
Finnish
  • hajulaukka[3]
German
Italian
Polish
  • Czosnek sztyletowaty[3]
Russian
  • Лук сицилийский[3]
Slovak
  • cesnak sicílsky[3]
Swedish
  • honungslök[3]
Turkish
  • Sultan Sarımsağı[3]
Ukrainian
  • Цибуля сицилійська[3]
Sources & name notes (4)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Allium siculum — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Honey Garlic — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • Sizilianischer Honiglauch — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • Ail de Sicile — results[0].names[6]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • Nectaroscorde de Sicile — results[0].names[7]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • Aglio della Sicilia — results[0].names[8]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
[2] Nectaroscordum siculum — GBIF vernacular names (United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI)) ↗

GBIF aggregation of United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI). The original upstream source was not independently inspected; this is a sourced vernacular-name attestation, not a botanical determination.

Source records
  • Honey Garlic — results[1] at https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/2856205/vernacularNames?limit=1000&offset=0; taxonKey 2856205; sourceTaxonKey 180092462; Nectaroscordum siculum.
[3] Allium siculum — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Honey Garlic — results[18].names[1]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • Sizilianischer Honiglauch — results[18].names[3]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • Ail de Sicile — results[18].names[6]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • Nectaroscorde de Sicile — results[18].names[7]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • Aglio della Sicilia — results[18].names[8]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • česnek sicilský — results[18].names[2]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • Лук сицилийский — results[18].names[4]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • honungslök — results[18].names[5]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • Czosnek sztyletowaty — results[18].names[9]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • hajulaukka — results[18].names[10]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • 蜜腺韭 — results[18].names[11]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • cesnak sicílsky — results[18].names[12]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • Цибуля сицилійська — results[18].names[13]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
  • Sultan Sarımsağı — results[18].names[14]; taxon id 431364; Allium siculum.
[4] Nectaroscordum siculum — GBIF vernacular names (Taxon list of vascular plants from Bavaria, Germany compiled in the context of the BFL project) ↗

GBIF aggregation of Taxon list of vascular plants from Bavaria, Germany compiled in the context of the BFL project. The original upstream source was not independently inspected; this is a sourced vernacular-name attestation, not a botanical determination.

Source records
  • Sizilianischer Honiglauch — results[0] at https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/2856205/vernacularNames?limit=1000&offset=0; taxonKey 2856205; sourceTaxonKey 116778314; Nectaroscordum siculum.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Catalogue of Life treats Nectaroscordum siculum as a synonym of Allium siculum.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1] [2]
Botanical family
Amaryllidaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [2]
Pollinator guidance
RHS includes Nectaroscordum species in its Plants for Pollinators guidance.

Genus-level guidance, not a rating for this individual species or a particular cultivar. RHS planting guidance. Choose accessible flowers with pollen and nectar; reduced-resource and double-flowered forms may be unsuitable.

Sources [3]
Native range
Medit. to Romania.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [4]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Medium suitability
Nectar value Medium
Pollen value Unknown
Plant profile

About this plant

Honey Garlic (Nectaroscordum siculum) is a bulbous plant. It flowers in June.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Nectaroscordum siculum — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP). This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: Taxonomy
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 3028990; ID 7XFFM; rank species; status synonym

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Catalogue of Life Allium siculum — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP). This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 1947525; ID 668VK; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 1947525; ID 668VK; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  3. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Garden Plants

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 2, column 2, entry Nectaroscordum species (top 127 pt)

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  4. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Allium siculum — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 1171992, 1171993; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 415876, 415877, 415878, 415879, 415880, 415881, 415882, 415883, 415884, 415885, 415886

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    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.