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How to Identify and harvest wild green onions.

Wild onions are members of the lily family (Liliaceae) which botanists estimate contain between 4-6000 species distributed throughout the world. This family is extremely complex and includes around 250 genera, including tulips, day lilies, onions, amaryllis, asparagus, and aloe. The Allium genus alone contains about 500 species which include the onion family--garlics, leeks, shallots, onions, chives, most of them common throughout the northern hemisphere.