Allium tel-avivense
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| Allium tel-avivense | |
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| Allium tel-avivense at the Freiburg Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | Allium subg. Melanocrommyum |
| Species: | A. tel-avivense |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium tel-avivense | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium aschersonianum subsp. tel-avivense (Eig) Oppenh. | |
Allium tel-avivense is a plant species found in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt, including the Sinai Peninsula. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a small umbel of only a few flowers. Tepals are pink, and the ovary is large, green and conspicuous.[2][3][4][5] Its name comes from the city of Tel Aviv.