Allium papillare explained

Allium papillare is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.[1] It is a wild onion found in sandy areas in southern and eastern Israel and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.[2] It is a small bulb-forming perennial; flowers have white tepals with purple midveins.[3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Allium papillare Boiss.. . n.d.. Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. August 26, 2020.
  2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/acceptedRef.do?name_id=296227 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum 13: 27.
  4. Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  5. Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.