Allium chrysonemum, Stearn

47. A. chrysonemum Stearn , Ann. Mus. Goulandris 4: 149 (1978).

Bulbs c. 1 - 5 cm in diameter, ovoid; outer tunics membranous, breaking at apex into parallel fibres. Stem 30-60 cm. Leaves 3-4, up to 15 cm x 2 mm, filiform, fistular, withered at anthesis, sheathing the lower | of the stem, the lamina and sheath with sparse, long hairs. Spathe 2-valved; valves unequal, the larger up to 1 -5 cm, shortly beaked, persistent. Umbel c. 4 cm in diameter, lax, many-flowered; pedicels 10-15 mm and mostly nodding in flower, up to 45 mm and erect in fruit. Perianth cupshaped; segments 4-5-5 x 2-2-4 mm, pale greenish-yellow, with green mid-vein, the outer narrowly ovate, almost truncate, the inner oblong, obtuse or subacute. Stamens slightly exserted; filaments 5 mm, yellow, sometimes reddish in upper part, simple; anthers yellow. Capsule c. 4 mm. In = 32. Stony soil among rocks. 670-2000 m. • S.E. Spain (prov. Jaén). Hs.