Hispanopedia WikiAllium chamaemoly, called dwarf garlic, is a species of garlic native to the Mediterranean region and cultivated elsewhere for its pretty flowers and potently aromatic bulbs. It is found in the wild in Spain (incl Balearic Islands), France (incl Corsica), Malta, Italy (inc Sardinia and Sicily), Greece, the Balkans, Algeria, and Morocco.[2][3][4][5][6]
Allium chamaemoly is a small plant growing from an underground bulb. Scape is very short or completely absent, so that the umbel forms at ground level. Tepals are white, usually with a purple midvein. Leaves are flat and grass-like, often with long white hairs.[7]
Two formal botanical varieties are recognized:[2]
- Allium chamaemoly subsp. chamaemoly - most of European species range but not North Africa
- Allium chamaemoly subsp. longicaulisPastor & Valdés - Spain (incl Balearic Is), Algeria, Morocco
References
- ↑The Plant List
- 12Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
- ↑Altervisea, Schede di Botanica, Allium chamaemoly
- ↑Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest & Weiller, Marc. 1958. Flore d'Afrique du Nord 5: 286.
- ↑Wild Plants of Malta, dwarf garlic
- ↑Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 301.
Categories:
- Allium
- Garlic
- Plants described in 1753
- Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Flora of Malta