Allium galileum (original) (raw)
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Species of flowering plant
| Galilee onion | |
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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. galileum |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium galileumBrullo, Guglielmo, Pavone & Salmeri |
Allium galileum is a species of onion known only from Palestine and Israel.[1][2]
Allium galileum has egg-shaped bulbs up to 22 mm long. Scape is rigid, up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, up to 25 cm long. Umbel is lax, with many flowers. Tepals are yellow-green or purple-green.[1]
- ^ a b Brullo, Guglielmo, Pavone & Salmeri. 2008. Taxon 57: 250].
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families