Allium hirtovaginatum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. hirtovaginatum
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| Allium hirtovaginatum | |
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Allium hirtovaginatum is a species of wild onion native to the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and the Balearic Islands to Turkey.[2][1]
Allium hirtovaginatum produces an egg-shaped bulb. Scape is up to 50 cm, round in cross-section, thin and flexible. Leaves are very thin and hair-like. Umbel has only a few flowers. Flowers bell-shaped, the tepals white with dark purple midvein. Ovary is covered with long hairs.[3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio moscato, Allium hirtovaginatum
- ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1843. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differentiis et Synonymis. Stutgardiae et Tubingae 4: 412.
- ^ Stearn, William Thomas. 1978. Annales Musei Goulandris; Contributiones ad Historiam Naturalem Graeciae et Regionis Mediterraneae. Kifisia, Athens 4: 151 and 154, as Allium cupani subsp. anatolicum and Allium cupani subsp. hirtovaginatum
- ^ Vindt, Jacques. 1953. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc 33: 121
- ^ Halácsy, Eugen von. 1904. Conspectus Florae Graecae 3: 253. as Allium cupani var. hirtovaginatum