Allium basalticum

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Allium basalticum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. basalticum
Binomial name
Allium basalticum
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Allium basalticum is a plant species found in Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon,[1] and formerly considered under Allium nigrum.[2] Bulbs are egg-shaped, up to 30 mm long. Scape is straight, round in cross-section, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are narrowly lanceolate, up to 50 cm long. Tepals are white with conspicuous green midveins; anthers yellow; ovary deep purple at flowering time, later turning green.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b Fragman-Sapir & Fritsch 2011.

Bibliography[]

  • Fragman-Sapir, Ori; Fritsch, Reinhard M. (2011). "New species of Allium sect. Melanocrommyum from the eastern Mediterranean" (PDF). Herbertia. 65: 31–50.
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