Pink garlic facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pink garlic |
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Allium
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trifoliatum
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Synonymy
Allium graecum d'Urv.
Allium subhirsutum var. graecum (d'Urv.) Regel Allium subhirsutum subsp. graecum (d'Urv.) K.Richt. Allium subhirsutum var. hirsutum Regel Allium subhirsutum subsp. trifoliatum (Cirillo) Arcang. Allium subhirsutum var. trifoliatum (Cirillo) Batt. & Trab. Allium trifoliatum var. graecum (d'Urv.) Nyman Allium trifoliatum subsp. hirsutum (Regel) Kollmann Allium trifoliatum var. sterile Kollmann |
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Allium trifoliatum, commonly called pink garlic and Hirsute garlic, is a Mediterranean species of wild onion. It is native to France, Cyprus, Malta, Italy (Sicily, Sardinia, Calabria, Basilicata, Apulia, Campania, Abruzzo), Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine, and Israel.
Allium trifoliatum is a perennial herb up to 30 cm tall. It has a tight umbel with short pedicels. Tepals are white, sometimes with pink to red midveins.
- formerly included
- Allium trifoliatum race loiseleurii Rouy, now called Allium subhirsutum subsp. subhirsutum
- Allium trifoliatum subsp. obtusitepalum Svent, now called Allium subhirsutum subsp. obtusitepalum (Svent.) G.Kunkel
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