Allium decipiens facts for kids

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Scientific classification
Synonyms
Allium moly Georgi 1779, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 Allium nigrum M.Bieb. 1808, illegitimate homonym not L. 1762 nor Sm. 1823 nor All. 1785 Allium bifolium Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Allium chloranthum Avé-Lall. ex Regel, not validly published

Allium decipiens is a Eurasian species of garlic in the amaryllis family native to eastern Europe and western Asia.

Allium decipiens has a spherical bulb. Scape is up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are flat, linear-lanceolate. Umbel is hemispherical with many flowers crowded together. Tepals are whitish with a dark green midvein. Ovary green.

subspecies

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

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