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Allium papillare

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Allium papillare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. papillare
Binomial name
Allium papillare

Allium papillare is a species of wild onion found in sandy areas in southern and eastern Israel and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.[1] It is a small bulb-forming perennial; flowers have white tepals with purple midveins.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum 13: 27.
  3. ^ Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  4. ^ Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.