Herbs perennial, bulbiferous, sometimes with well-developed, thick or thin rhizomes, rarely with stolons or tuberous roots, usually with onionlike, leeklike, or garliclike odor when fresh.

• 多年生草本，具鳞茎，有时具发育良好，厚或薄的根状茎，为鳞茎皮所覆盖的鳞茎。