Few Flowered Garlic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. parciflorum
Binomial name
Allium parciflorum
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium moschatum Moris, 1827, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753
  • Allium pauciflorum Gren. & Godr.

Allium parciflorum is a plant species known only from the islands of Corsica and Sardinia in the Mediterranean.[2][3] It is common at all elevations on those two islands but unknown elsewhere.[4]

Allium parciflorum has egg-shaped bulbs. Scape is up to 25 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are thin and tubular, about the same length as the scape but withering before flowering time. Umbels have very few bell-shaped flowers. Tepals are white to pale lavender with prominent dark purple midveins.[5][6][7][8]

Allium parciflorum is closely related to Allium lojaconoi, endemic to Malta.[9]

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Viviani, Domenico. 1824. Florae Corsicae specierum novarum vel minus cognitarum diagnosis quam in Florae Italicae fragmenti alterius prodromum, Appendix page 2
  3. ^ Tropicos, Allium parciflorum Viv.
  4. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio paucifloro, Allium parciflorum
  5. ^ Viviani, Domenico. 1825. Appendix altera ad florae Corsicae Prodromus: 2.
  6. ^ Flora di Sardegna, plantae endemicae, Allium parciflorum
  7. ^ Allium parciflorum, Flora di Sardegna
  8. ^ Acta Plantarum, Galleria della Flora italiana, Allium parciflorum Viv. color photos, captions in Italian
  9. ^ Salvatore Brullo, E. Lanfranco, Pietro Pavone. 1982. Allium lojaconoi sp. nov. e sue affinita con Allium parciflorum Viv. Webbia 35(2): 295–306.
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