Piedmont garlic
Narcissus onion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Amerallium
Species:
A. narcissiflorum
Binomial name
Allium narcissiflorum
Synonyms[2]

Allium narcissiflorum is a European species of wild onion native to northwestern Italy (Piemonte and Liguria), southwest France (Provence and Dauphiné). It is grown in other regions as an ornamental because of its pretty flowers.[3][4]

Allium narcissiflorum is a small and delicate plant very similar to A. insubricum but found at higher elevation in the mountains. In A. insubricum, the umbel is nodding (hanging downward) at flowering time and remaining nodding when the seeds are mature. In A. narcissiflorum, however, the umbel is nodding at flowering time but erect at maturity.

Allium narcissiflorum forms clumps of many individuals, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Scapes up to 15 cm tall bearing 4-10 bell-shaped magenta flowers.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Kell, S.P. (2011). "Allium narcissiflorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172099A6823736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172099A6823736.en. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  2. ^ The Plant List
  3. ^ "Plant World Seeds: Buy Flower Seeds and Vegetable Seeds Online". www.plant-world-seeds.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  4. ^ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  5. ^ Villars, Domínique. 1779. Prospectus de l'Histoire des Plantes de Dauphiné 18.
  6. ^ Medikus, Friedrich Kasimir. 1790. Historia et Commentationes Academiae Electoralis Scientiarum et Elegantiorum Literarum Theodoro-Palatinae 6(Phys.): 493, Moenchia narcissiflora
  7. ^ "Rare Plants UK, Allium narcissiflorum". Archived from the original on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
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