Allium flavum

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Allium flavum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. flavum
Binomial name
Allium flavum
L.
Synonyms [2] [3]
List
  • Allium montanumRchb. 1848, illegitimate homonym not F.W. Schmidt 1794
  • Allium nitschmanniiWilld. ex Ledeb.
  • Allium pallensRchb. 1848, illegitimate homonym not L. 1762
  • Allium paniculatumAll. 1785, illegitimate homonym not L. 1759
  • Allium ruthenicumSteud.
  • Allium valdenseNyman
  • Allium valdensiumReut.
  • Allium webbiiClementi
  • Cepa flava(L.) Moench
  • Codonoprasum flavum(L.) Rchb.
  • Codonoprasum flexumRchb.
  • Codonoprasum pallensRchb.
  • Kalabotis flavum(L.) Raf.
  • Allium tauricum(Besser ex Rchb.) Grossh.
  • Allium aristatumCandargy
  • Allium paczoskianumTuzson
  • Allium callistemonWebb ex Regel
  • Allium sphaeropodumKlokov
  • Allium villosiusculumSeregin
  • Allium pseudopulchellumOmelczuk
  • Allium fontanesiiJ.Gay
  • Allium amphipulchellumZahar.

Allium flavum, the small yellow onion [4] or yellow-flowered garlic, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium. A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from areas like France and Morocco to Iran and Kazakhstan. [6] [7]

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Description

Allium flavum produces one bulb, and a scape up to 40 cm tall. The umbel contains bright yellow, bell shaped flowers with a pleasing scent. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] The Latin species epithet flavum means "yellow", referring to its flower colour. [13] It flowers between June and July and is hardy to USDA zones 4 to 8. [4]

In cultivation in the UK, Allium flavum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [5]

Varieties and subspecies

Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World Checklist [3]

References

  1. ↑ Holubec, V.; Uzundzhalieva, K.; Vörösváry, G.; Donnini, D.; Bulińska, Z.; Strajeru, S.; Eliáš, P. (2011). "Allium flavum (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T172140A6835455. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 1 2 Ellen Spector Platt Garlic, Onion, and Other Alliums , p. 150, at Google Books
  5. 1 2 "RHS Plantfinder - Allium flavum". Royal Horticultural Society. 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium flavum
  7. ↑ Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium flavum, Fragrant Yellow Onion
  8. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 298-299
  9. ↑ Soó von Bere, Károly Rezső. 1971. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Budapest. 16(3-4): 365, as Allium flavum var. adriaticum
  10. ↑ Priszter, Szaniszló. 1972. Botanikai Közlemenyek. Budapest 59(1): 46, as Allium flavum f. bulbilliferum
  11. ↑ Allioni, Carlo. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii ii. 157., as Allium paniculatum
  12. ↑ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, as Kalabotis flavum
  13. ↑ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins , p. 258, at Google Books
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