Allium tenuiflorum

Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Allium tenuiflorum is a Mediterranean species of wild onion found in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Italy including Sardinia, and the Balkans.[2][3]

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Allium tenuiflorum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. tenuiflorum
Binomial name
Allium tenuiflorum
Ten. 1814 not Delastre 1842
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium montanum Guss. 1826, illegitimate homonym not F.W. Schmidt 1794
  • Allium pallens subsp. tenuiflorum (Ten.) Stearn
  • Allium paniculatum var. tenoreanum Maire & Weiller
  • Allium paniculatum subsp. tenuiflorum (Ten.) K.Richt.
  • Allium tenuiflorum var. pseudotenuiflorum Pamp.
  • Allium tenuifolium Friv. 1828, illegitimate homonym not Salisb. 1796
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Allium tenuiflorum produces a bulb up to 20 mm long. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Umbel is lax with uneven pedicels. Flowers are bell-shaped, tepals white with green or purple midveins and white anthers. Ovary at flowering time yellow-green.[4][5][6]

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