Allium neapolitanum, Cyr.

28. A. neapolitanum Cyr. , Pl. Rar. Neap. 1: 13 (1788).

Bulbs 1-2 cm in diameter, subglobose; outer tunics membranous or crustaceous, not pitted. Stem 20-50 cm, triquetrous, with 2 edges slightly winged. Leaves usually 2, 8-35 x 5-20 mm, sheathing the lower of the stem and almost basal, very narrowly lanceolate to linear, keeled beneath, glabrous, sometimes with denticulate margin. Spathe 1 -valved, entire, persistent, shorter than pedicels. Umbel 5-8 cm in diameter, fastigiate or hemispherical, many-flowered; pedicels 15-35 mm. Perianth cup-shaped or stellate; segments 7-12 x 4-6 mm, white, the outer broadly elliptical, the inner elliptical, obtuse. Stamens included; filaments c. 5 mm, simple. Capsule 5 mm, enclosed within the connivent, glistening perianth-segments. 2/7= 14, 21, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36. Pastures, cultivated ground and dry, open habitats. Mediterranean region, Portugal. Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It JuLuSaSi T u.