Allium tenuiflorum explained
Allium tenuiflorum is a Mediterranean species of wild onion found in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Italy including Sardinia, and the Balkans.[1] [2]
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.[3] [4] [5]
Notes and References
- http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=allium+tenuiflorum Altervista Flora Italiana, Schede di botanica, Allium tenuiflorum
- http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296777 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Tenore, Michele. 1811. Flora Napolitana: ossia, Descrizione delle piante indigene del regno di Napoli, e delle piu rare specie di piante esotiche coltivate ne' Giardini ... Napoli : Nella Stamperia reale 1: 165, t. 30.
- Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest, & Weiller, Marc. 1958. Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 279, Allium paniculatum var. tenoreanum
- http://amaryllidaceae.e-monocot.org/taxonomy/term/10125 E-monocots, Amaryllidaceae, Allium tenuiflorum