The genus Nectaroscordum is now considered an Allium through molecular data. However, it's smell isn't quite what I would describe as an onion. It's a little nauseating to me... Nhu On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Mark McDonough <antennaria@charter.net>wrote: > It's interesting that there are whole sections of the genus > allium, where the plants have no onion smell at all (perhaps these are the > unpalatable ones?)." > > Mark McDonough > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/