Allium subvillosum

Spring garlic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. subvillosum
Binomial name
	Allium subvillosum; Salzm. ex Schult. & Schult. f.
Synonyms
	Species synonymy Allium album var. purpurascens Maire & Weiller ; Allium chamaemoly Viv. 1824, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 ; Allium humbertii Maire ; Allium subhirsutum Desf. ; Allium subhirsutum Rchb. ; Allium subhirsutum var. canariense Regel ; Allium subhirsutum f. purpurascens (Maire & Weiller) Vindt ; Allium subhirsutum var. purpurascens (Maire & Weiller) Maire & Weiller ; Allium subhirsutum var. subvillosum (Salzm. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Ball ; Allium subhirsutum subsp. subvillosum (Salzm. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Duyfjes ; Allium subhirsutum var. vernale (Tineo) Bonnet & Barratte ; Allium vernale Tineo ;

Allium subvillosum, the spring garlic, is a European and North African species of wild onion native to southern Iberia, the Balearic Islands, Sicily, northern Africa (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and the Canary Islands) and the Azores^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] where it might be introduced.^[9]

Allium subvillosum is a bulb-forming perennial up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are long and narrow, with long white hairs clearly visible to the naked eye. Umbel is hemispherical, with 15-20 flowers on long pedicels. Flowers are white with yellow anthers.^[10]^[11]

formerly included^[12]

Allium subvillosum var. clusianum, now called Allium subhirsutum

References

^ The Plant List
^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio subvilloso, Allium subvillosum
^ Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest. 1935. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 26: 121. Allium album var. purpurascens
^ Viviani, Domenico. 1824. Flora Libycae Specimen 19, Allium chamaemoly
^ Maire, Réné Charles Joseph Ernest. 1926. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord. Algiers xvii. 124, hybr., Allium humbertii
^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1875. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 3(2): 249. Allium subhirsutum var. canariense
^ Bonnet, Edmond & Barratte, Jean François Gustave 1896. Exploration Scientifique de la Tunisie. Catalogue Raisonné des Plantes Vasculaires de la Tunisie 414, Allium subhirsutum var. vernale
^ Flores Silvestres del Mediterráneo, Allium subvillosum
^ "Allium subvillosum Salzm. ex Schult. & Schult.f." Flora-On. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^ Josef August Schultes & Julius Hermann Schultes. 1830. Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 1104.
^ Ball, John. 1879. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 16: 691
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[1] The Plant List

[2] Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio subvilloso, Allium subvillosum

[3] Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest. 1935. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 26: 121. Allium album var. purpurascens

[4] Viviani, Domenico. 1824. Flora Libycae Specimen 19, Allium chamaemoly

[5] Maire, Réné Charles Joseph Ernest. 1926. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord. Algiers xvii. 124, hybr., Allium humbertii

[6] Regel, Eduard August von. 1875. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 3(2): 249. Allium subhirsutum var. canariense

[7] Bonnet, Edmond & Barratte, Jean François Gustave 1896. Exploration Scientifique de la Tunisie. Catalogue Raisonné des Plantes Vasculaires de la Tunisie 414, Allium subhirsutum var. vernale

[8] Flores Silvestres del Mediterráneo, Allium subvillosum

[9] "Allium subvillosum Salzm. ex Schult. & Schult.f." Flora-On. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[10] Josef August Schultes & Julius Hermann Schultes. 1830. Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 1104.

[11] Ball, John. 1879. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 16: 691

[12] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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