Biology:Allium galileum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Galilee onion
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. galileum
Binomial name
Allium galileum
Brullo, Guglielmo, Pavone & Salmeri

Allium galileum is a species of onion known only from Palestine and Israel.[1][2]

Allium galileum has egg-shaped bulbs up to 22 mm long. Scape is rigid, up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, up to 25 cm long. Umbel is lax, with many flowers. Tepals are yellow-green or purple-green.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brullo, Guglielmo, Pavone & Salmeri. 2008. Taxon 57: 250].
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Wikidata ☰ Q15521214 entry