Bulb - Bulbil

Bulbil

Some lilies form small bulbs, called bulbils in their leaf axils. Several members of the onion family, Alliaceae, including Allium sativum (garlic), form bulbils in their flower heads, sometimes as the flowers fade, or even instead of the flowers. The so-called Tree onion (Allium cepa var. proliferum) forms small onions which are large enough for pickling.

Some ferns, such as Hen and Chicken Fern produce new plants at the tips of the fronds' pinnae, which are sometimes referred to as bulbils.

• Bulbils form in the leaf axils of Lilium lancifolium

• Wild garlic (Allium vineale) bulbils sprouting

• "Tree onions" form clusters of small bulbs instead of flowers