Allium sannineum

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

Allium sannineum is a plant species found in the Levant (Syria, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon). It is a bulb-forming perennial with an umbel of flowers crowded together, resembling a head. Tepals are deep blue of violet with fringed edges.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Flora of Israel Online
  2. Kew, World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. René Gombault. 1938. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 84: 470.