Allium acutiflorum is a plant species in the amaryllis family native to northwestern Italy (Liguria) and to southeastern France (including Corsica).[2][3][4]

Aglio occidentale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. acutiflorum
Binomial name
Allium acutiflorum

Allium acutiflorum has a single spherical bulb. Scape is up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are linear, tapering toward the tip, up to 15 cm long. Umbel is spherical, with about 40 flowers. Tepals are purple with a darker purple midvein.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Draper, D.; Branca, F. & Donnini, D. (2011). "Allium acutiflorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172077A6836475. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172077A6836475.en. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  2. ^ IUCN (2010). "Allium acutiflorum: Draper, D., Branca, F. & Donnini, D." IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2011-1.rlts.t172077a6836475.en.
  3. ^ "Allium abbasii". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  4. ^ a b "Allium acutiflorum [Aglio a fiori acuti]". luirig.altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  5. ^ Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Jean Louis Auguste (1809). Journal de botanique, rédigé par une société de botanistes (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Chez Gabriel Dufour et Compagnie. p. 279.