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Allium tenuiflorum
Scientific classification
Synonyms
  • Allium montanum Guss. 1826, illegitimate homonym not F.W. Schmidt 1794
  • Allium pallens subsp. tenuiflorum (Ten.) Stearn
  • Allium paniculatum var. tenoreanum Maire & Weiller
  • Allium paniculatum subsp. tenuiflorum (Ten.) K.Richt.
  • Allium tenuiflorum var. pseudotenuiflorum Pamp.
  • Allium tenuifolium Friv. 1828, illegitimate homonym not Salisb. 1796

Allium tenuiflorum is a Mediterranean species of wild onion found in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Italy including Sardinia, and the Balkans.

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.

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