Allium rupestre, Steven

59. A. rupestre Steven , Mém. Soc. Nat. Moscou 3: 260 (1812).

Bulbs c. 1 cm in diameter; outer tunics membranous. Stem 25-40 cm. Leaves 2-3, up to 12 cm x 0-5-1 mm, filiform, sheath­ ing the lower i of the stem. Spathe 2-valved; valves unequal, linear at base, narrowed above into a long slender appendage, longer than the pedicels, the longer up to 5 cm. Umbel 2-3 cm in diameter, fastigiate or hemispherical, few-flowered; pedicels 5-10 mm, almost equal. Perianth narrowly campanulate; segments 5-6 x 1 -5 mm, pale pink, narrowly elliptical, obtuse, apiculate. Stamens included or scarcely exserted; filaments c. 4-5 mm; anthers violet. Ovary ellipsoid. Capsule c. 4-5 mm. Rocks and stony slopes. Krym.?Bu Rs (K). (Caucasus, Anatolia.)