Nectar was on Mount Olympus the drink of the gods (but it is also a sweet liquid that bees extract from flowers) and from Greek/Latin scordion meaning as much as: the plant smells like onions. A small genus of plants closely related to Allium with the main differences being a fruiting principle with numerous seed pods and three to seven veins drawing each petal, in allium only one. About four species are known. The plant grows on all well-drained types of soil and tolerates both full sun and a shady spot.