Allium atroviolaceum

Broadleaf wild leek
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. atroviolaceum
Binomial name
Allium atroviolaceum
Boiss.
Synonyms
  • Allium ampeloprasum var. atroviolaceum (Boiss.) Regel
  • Allium ampeloprasum subsp. atroviolaceum (Boiss.) K.Richt.
  • Allium atroviolaceum var. caucasicum Sommier & Levier
  • Allium atroviolaceum var. firmotunicatum (Fomin) Grossh.
  • Allium atroviolaceum var. ruderale Grossh.
  • Allium firmotunicatum Fomin

Allium atroviolaceum, the Broadleaf wild leek, is a plant species native to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, southern European Russia and the Caucasus, but widely cultivated in other regions as a food source and for its ornamental value. The species is sparingly naturalized in parts of the United States (Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia, and North and South Carolina)[1] and also in southeastern Europe (Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine and the Balkans).[2][3]

Allium atroviolaceum is a perennial herb producing a large round bulb. Scape is up to 100 cm long. Leaves broadly linear. Umbel is spherical with many purple or red-violet flowers crowded together.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service plant profile
  2. ↑ Altervista Schede di Botanica, Allium atroviolaceum
  3. ↑ World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Agroatlas, Interactive Agricultural Atlas of Russia and neighboring countries, Allium atroviolaceum
  5. ↑ Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1846. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 7: 112.

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