Fly garlic | |
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Allium moschatum illustration from Les liliacées (1805) by Pierre-Joseph Redouté | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | A. subg. Polyprason |
Species: | A. moschatum
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Binomial name | |
Allium moschatum
L. 1753 not d'Urv. 1822 nor Moris 1827 nor Sint. ex Regel 1875
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Synonyms [1] | |
Species synonymy
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Allium moschatum is a Eurasian species of wild onion with a range extending from Spain to Iran. [2] [1]
Allium moschatum is a bulb-forming perennial. Flowers are born in umbels on top of thin, wiry scapes rarely more than 15 cm tall; tepals white with a thin but prominent purple midvein. [3]
It usually grows in clearings of bushes, dry pastures and stony environments. [4]