Allium callimischon

Allium callimischon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. callimischon
Binomial name
Allium callimischon
Link

Allium callimischon is a plant species native to southwestern Turkey and to southern Greece (including Peloponnese and the Island of Crete).[1] It is grown in other countries as an ornamental because of its attractive flowers.[2]

Allium callimischon is a perennial herb up to 30 cm tall. It has small bulbs and thread-like leaves. Flowers are borne in an umbel, white with thin purple midevins on the tepals.[3][4][5]

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pacific Bulb Society, Allium species one
  3. Rare Plants UK, Allium callimischon
  4. Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link. 1834. Linnaea 9: 140
  5. Stearn, William Thomas. 1978. Annales Musei Goulandris; Contributiones ad Historiam Naturalem Graeciae et Regionis Mediterraneae. Kifisia, Athens 4: 154.