Allium flavum
| Allium flavum | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. flavum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Allium flavum | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
|
List
| |
Allium flavum, the small yellow onion[3] or yellow-flowered garlic,[4] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium, which also includes the flowering and culinary onions and garlic. A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from France + Morocco to Iran + Kazakhstan.[5][6]
Description
Allium flavum produces one bulb, and a scape up to 40 cm tall. Umbel contains bright yellow, bell shaped flowers with a pleasing scent.[7][8][9][10][11] The species epithet flavum is Latin for yellow and indicates its flower colour.[12] It flowers between June and July and is hardy to USDA zones 4 to 8.[3]
In cultivation in the UK, A. flavum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[4]
Varieties & Subspecies
Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World Checklist[2]
- Allium flavum subsp. flavum - Turkey, central + southern Europe
- Allium flavum subsp. ionochlorum Maire - Algeria, Morocco
- Allium flavum var. minus Boiss. - Turkey
- Allium flavum var. pilosum Kollmann & Koyuncu - Adana Province in Turkey
- Allium flavum subsp. tauricum (Besser ex Rchb.) K.Richt - Middle East, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, European Russia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan
References
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Ellen Spector Platt Garlic, Onion, and Other Alliums, p. 150, at Google Books
- ^ a b "RHS Plantfinder - Allium flavum". Royal Horticultural Society. 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium flavum
- ^ Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium flavum, Fragrant Yellow Onion
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 298-299
- ^ Soó von Bere, Károly Rezső. 1971. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Budapest. 16(3-4): 365, as Allium flavum var. adriaticum
- ^ Priszter, Szaniszló. 1972. Botanikai Közlemenyek. Budapest 59(1): 46, as Allium flavum f. bulbilliferum
- ^ Allioni, Carlo. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii ii. 157., as Allium paniculatum
- ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, as Kalabotis flavum
- ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 258, at Google Books