Allium decipiens explained

Allium decipiens is a Eurasian species of garlic in the amaryllis family native to eastern Europe and western Asia.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Allium decipiens has a spherical bulb. The Scape can go up to 100 cm tall. The leaves are flat and linear-lanceolate. The Umbel is hemispherical with many flowers crowded together. The Tepals are whitish with a dark green midvein. The Ovary is green.^{[4] [5]}

subspecies^[1]

• Allium decipiens subsp. decipiens - Ukraine, European Russia, Western Siberia, Altay Krai, Caucasus, Turkey
• Allium decipiens subsp. quercetorum Seregin - Crimea, northwestern Caucasus

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295416 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Fritsch, R.M., Blattner, F.R. & Gurushidze, M. (2010). New classification of Allium L. subg. Melanocrommyum (Webb & Berthel.) Rouy (Alliaceae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Phyton: Annales Rei Botanicae 49: 145-320.
3. Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
4. http://www.botanicus.org/page/736344 Roemer, Johann Jakob & Schultes, Josef August. 1830. Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 1117.
5. Web site: Őzhatay, Neriman Fatma & Ilker Genç 2013. Allium cyrilli complex (sect. Melanocrommyum) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 37:39.45. . 2014-03-28 . 2014-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328220432/http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/issues/bot-13-37-1/bot-37-1-4-1110-7.pdf . dead .