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Nothoscordum bivalve
Also called Texas False Garlic, Crow Poison, False Garlic, Grace Garlic, Crow's Poison
Nothoscordum bivalve is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae known by the common names crow poison and false garlic. It is native to the eastern United States from Texas to Florida up to Nebraska and Ohio, as well as Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina and central Chile.
This is a common plant which grows in parks and on roadsides, and soils which are not too dry or too wet; it grows well in lawns. It's one of the first plants to flower in the spring in Texas, and it blooms from April to May in the Great Plains.
The bulbs can be gathered any time of year and eaten cooked. They possess a faint garlic flavor. According to the USDA, "It is grazed by livestock, but seldom represents a significant percentage of diet due to low productivity."
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nothoscordum bivalve by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
