Allium hirtovaginatum explained

Allium hirtovaginatum is a species of wild onion native to the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and the Balearic Islands to Turkey.^{[1] [2]}

Allium hirtovaginatum produces an egg-shaped bulb. Scape is up to 50 cm, round in cross-section, thin and flexible. Leaves are very thin and hair-like. Umbel has only a few flowers. Flowers bell-shaped, the tepals white with dark purple midvein. Ovary is covered with long hairs.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (P), lectotype of Allium hirtovaginatum

Notes and References

1. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=allium+hirtovaginatum Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio moscato, Allium hirtovaginatum
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295715 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1843. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differentiis et Synonymis. Stutgardiae et Tubingae 4: 412.
4. Stearn, William Thomas. 1978. Annales Musei Goulandris; Contributiones ad Historiam Naturalem Graeciae et Regionis Mediterraneae. Kifisia, Athens 4: 151 and 154, as Allium cupani subsp. anatolicum and Allium cupani subsp. hirtovaginatum
5. Vindt, Jacques. 1953. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc 33: 121
6. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10554780#page/291/mode/1up Halácsy, Eugen von. 1904. Conspectus Florae Graecae 3: 253.