Allium chamaemoly

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dwarf garlic
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Amerallium
Species:
A. chamaemoly
Binomial name
Allium chamaemoly
L.
Synonyms [1]
  • Allium chamaemoly var. littoralis(Jord. & Fourr.) Maire & Weiller
  • Allium chamaemoly var. viridulum(Jord. & Fourr.) Maire & Weiller
  • Allium columnaeBubani
  • Saturnia cernuaMaratti
  • Saturnia chamaemoly(L.) Salisb.
  • Saturnia etruscaJord. & Fourr.
  • Saturnia littoralisJord. & Fourr.
  • Saturnia rubrinervisJord. & Fourr.
  • Saturnia viridulaJord. & Fourr.

Allium chamaemoly, called dwarf garlic, is a species of garlic native to the Mediterranean region and cultivated elsewhere for its pretty flowers and potently aromatic bulbs. It is found in the wild in Spain (incl Balearic Is), France (incl Corsica), Malta, Italy (inc Sardinia + Sicily), Greece, the Balkans, Algeria, and Morocco. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Allium chamaemoly is a small plant growing from an underground bulb. Scape is very short or completely absent, so that the umbel forms at ground level. Tepals are white, usually with a purple midvein. Leaves are flat and grass-like, often with long white hairs. [7]

Two formal botanical varieties are recognized: [2]

References

  1. The Plant List
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
  4. Altervisea, Schede di Botanica, Allium chamaemoly
  5. Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest & Weiller, Marc. 1958. Flore d'Afrique du Nord 5: 286.
  6. Wild Plants of Malta, dwarf garlic
  7. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 301.