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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 |
Binomial name | |
Allium moschatum L. 1753 not d'Urv. 1822 nor Moris 1827 nor Sint. ex Regel 1875 | |
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]
- Formerly included[1]
- Allium moschatum var. brevipedunculatum, now called Allium korolkowii
- Allium moschatum var. dubium, now called Allium korolkowii
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist for Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium moschatum
- ↑ Pacific Bulb Society, Allium Species Two
- ↑ "Herbario de Jaca". floragon.ipe.csic.es. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
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