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"Allium moschatum" illustration from "Les liliacées" (1805) by Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Allium moschatum illustration from Les liliacées (1805) by Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Allium capillare Cav.
  • Allium cupani Guss
  • Allium moschatum var. borzhomicum Miscz. ex Grossh.
  • Allium setaceum Waldst. & Kit.
  • Scorodon moschatum (L.) Fourr.

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist for Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium moschatum
  3. ^ Pacific Bulb Society, Allium Species Two
  4. ^ "Herbario de Jaca". floragon.ipe.csic.es. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
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