Allium lehmannii

Sicilian Garlic; Aglio di Coppoler
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. lehmannii
Binomial name
	Allium lehmannii; .
Synonyms
	Allium aethusanum Garbari; Allium pallens subsp. siciliense Stearn ;

Allium lehmannii is a plant species endemic to southern Italy. It is found only the Island of Sicily in the Mediterranean and in the nearby Calabria region of the Italian mainland.^[2]

Allium lehmannii is a perennial, bulb-forming herb up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are very narrow and thread-like. Flowers are narrowly bell-shaped, the tepal tips spreading outwards but most of the tepals wrapping closely around the anthers and style. Tepals are white with a deep violet midvein.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ The Plant List
^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Schede di Botanica, Allium lehmannii
^ Lojacono, Michele. 1909. Flora Sicula o Descrizione delle Piante Vascolari Spontanee o Indigenate Sicilia 3: 114.
^ Garbari, Fabio. 1988. Atti della Società toscana di scienze naturali residente in Pisa. Memorie B 94: 205, as Allium aethusanum
^ Stearn, William Thomas. 1978. Annales Musei Goulandris; Contributiones ad Historiam Naturalem Graeciae et Regionis Mediterraneae. Kifisia, Athens 4: 161., Allium pallens subsp. siciliense

[1] The Plant List

[2] Altervista Flora Italiana, Schede di Botanica, Allium lehmannii

[3] Lojacono, Michele. 1909. Flora Sicula o Descrizione delle Piante Vascolari Spontanee o Indigenate Sicilia 3: 114.

[4] Garbari, Fabio. 1988. Atti della Società toscana di scienze naturali residente in Pisa. Memorie B 94: 205, as Allium aethusanum

[5] Stearn, William Thomas. 1978. Annales Musei Goulandris; Contributiones ad Historiam Naturalem Graeciae et Regionis Mediterraneae. Kifisia, Athens 4: 161., Allium pallens subsp. siciliense

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