| Spring garlic | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. subvillosum
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium subvillosum Salzm. ex Schult. & Schult. f.
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species synonymy
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Allium subvillosum, the spring garlic, is a European and North African species of wild onion native to southern Iberia, the Balearic Islands, Sicily, northern Africa (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and the Canary Islands) and the Azores[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] where it might be introduced.[9]
Allium subvillosum is a bulb-forming perennial up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are long and narrow, with long white hairs clearly visible to the naked eye. Umbel is hemispherical, with 15-20 flowers on long pedicels. Flowers are white with yellow anthers.[10][11]
- formerly included[12]
Allium subvillosum var. clusianum, now called Allium subhirsutum