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Species of flowering plant
Allium flavum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade :
Tracheophytes
Clade :
Angiosperms
Clade :
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Genus:
Allium
Subgenus:
A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. flavum
Binomial name
Allium flavum
Synonyms
[2]
[3]
Allium montanum Rchb. 1848, illegitimate homonym not F.W. Schmidt 1794
Allium nitschmannii Willd. ex Ledeb.
Allium pallens Rchb. 1848, illegitimate homonym not L. 1762
Allium paniculatum All. 1785, illegitimate homonym not L. 1759
Allium ruthenicum Steud.
Allium valdense Nyman
Allium valdensium Reut.
Allium webbii Clementi
Cepa flava (L.) Moench
Codonoprasum flavum (L.) Rchb.
Codonoprasum flexum Rchb.
Codonoprasum pallens Rchb.
Kalabotis flavum (L.) Raf.
Allium tauricum (Besser ex Rchb.) Grossh.
Allium aristatum Candargy
Allium paczoskianum Tuzson
Allium callistemon Webb ex Regel
Allium sphaeropodum Klokov
Allium villosiusculum Seregin
Allium pseudopulchellum Omelczuk
Allium fontanesii J.Gay
Allium amphipulchellum Zahar.
Allium flavum , the small yellow onion
[4] or yellow-flowered garlic ,
[5] is a
species of
flowering plant in the genus Allium .
A
bulbous
herbaceous
perennial , it is native to the lands surrounding the
Mediterranean ,
Black , and
Caspian Seas , from areas like
France and
Morocco to
Iran and
Kazakhstan .
[6]
[7]
Allium flavum produces one bulb, and a
scape up to 40 cm tall. The Umbel contains bright yellow, bell shaped flowers with a pleasing scent.
[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12] The Latin
species epithet flavum means "yellow", referring to its flower colour.
[13] It flowers between June and July and is hardy to
USDA zones 4 to 8.
[4]
In cultivation in the UK, Allium flavum has gained the
Royal Horticultural Society 's
Award of Garden Merit .
[5]
Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the
World Checklist
[3]
^ Holubec, V.; Uzundzhalieva, K.; Vörösváry, G.; Donnini, D.; Bulińska, Z.; Strajeru, S.; Eliáš, P. (2011).
"Allium flavum (Europe assessment)" .
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 : e.T172140A6835455. Retrieved 30 June 2024 .
^
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