Allium callimischon is a plant species native to southwestern Turkey and to southern Greece (including Peloponnese and the Island of Crete).[1] It is grown in other countries as an ornamental because of its attractive flowers.[2]
| Allium callimischon | |
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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. callimischon
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium callimischon | |
Allium callimischon is a perennial herb up to 30 cm tall. It has small bulbs and thread-like leaves. Flowers are borne in an umbel, white with thin purple midveins on the tepals.[3][4][5]
References edit
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Pacific Bulb Society, Allium species one
- ^ "Rare Plants UK, Allium callimischon". Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
- ^ Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link. 1834. Linnaea 9: 140
- ^ Stearn, William Thomas. 1978. Annales Musei Goulandris; Contributiones ad Historiam Naturalem Graeciae et Regionis Mediterraneae. Kifisia, Athens 4: 154.