Allium lehmannii
| Sicilian Garlic Aglio di Coppoler | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. lehmannii
|
| Binomial name | |
| Allium lehmannii | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Allium lehmannii is a plant species endemic to southern Italy. It is found only the Island of Sicily in the Mediterranean and in the nearby Calabria region of the Italian mainland.[2]
Allium lehmannii is a perennial, bulb-forming herb up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are very narrow and thread-like. Flowers are narrowly bell-shaped, the tepal tips spreading outwards but most of the tepals wrapping closely around the anthers and style. Tepals are white with a deep violet midvein.[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Schede di Botanica, Allium lehmannii
- ^ Lojacono, Michele. 1909. Flora Sicula o Descrizione delle Piante Vascolari Spontanee o Indigenate Sicilia 3: 114.
- ^ Garbari, Fabio. 1988. Atti della Società toscana di scienze naturali residente in Pisa. Memorie B 94: 205, as Allium aethusanum
- ^ Stearn, William Thomas. 1978. Annales Musei Goulandris; Contributiones ad Historiam Naturalem Graeciae et Regionis Mediterraneae. Kifisia, Athens 4: 161., Allium pallens subsp. siciliense