Allium flavum, the small yellow onion[4] or yellow-flowered garlic,[5] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium. A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from areas like France and Morocco to Iran and Kazakhstan.[6][7]
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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 |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Allium |
| Species: | A. flavum
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Description
editAllium flavum produces one bulb, and a scape up to 40 cm tall. The Umbel contains bright yellow, bell shaped flowers with a pleasing scent.[8][9][10][11][12] The Latin species epithet flavum means "yellow", referring to its flower colour.[13] It flowers between June and July and is hardy to USDA zones 4 to 8.[4]
In cultivation in the UK, Allium flavum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5]
Varieties and subspecies
editNumerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World Checklist[3]
- Allium flavum subsp. flavum - Turkey, central + southern Europe
- Allium flavum subsp. ionochlorum Maire - Algeria, Morocco
- Allium flavum var. minus Boiss. - Turkey
- Allium flavum var. pilosum Kollmann & Koyuncu - Adana Province in Turkey
- Allium flavum subsp. tauricum (Besser ex Rchb.) K.Richt - Middle East, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, European Russia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan
References
edit- ^ Holubec, V.; Uzundzhalieva, K.; Vörösváry, G.; Donnini, D.; Bulińska, Z.; Strajeru, S.; Eliáš, P. (2011). "Allium flavum (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172140A6835455. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Ellen Spector Platt Garlic, Onion, and Other Alliums, p. 150, at Google Books
- ^ a b "RHS Plantfinder - Allium flavum". Royal Horticultural Society. 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium flavum
- ^ Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium flavum, Fragrant Yellow Onion
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 298-299
- ^ Soó von Bere, Károly Rezső. 1971. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Budapest. 16(3-4): 365, as Allium flavum var. adriaticum
- ^ Priszter, Szaniszló. 1972. Botanikai Közlemenyek. Budapest 59(1): 46, as Allium flavum f. bulbilliferum
- ^ Allioni, Carlo. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii ii. 157., as Allium paniculatum
- ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, as Kalabotis flavum
- ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 258, at Google Books