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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. subvillosum
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Binomial name | |
Allium subvillosum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Species synonymy
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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]
Allium subvillosum var. clusianum, now called Allium subhirsutum
Spring garlic | |
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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. subvillosum
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Binomial name | |
Allium subvillosum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Species synonymy
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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]
Allium subvillosum var. clusianum, now called Allium subhirsutum