Allium pilosum, Sibth. & Sm.

66. A. pilosum Sibth. & Sm. , loc. cit. (1809).

Bulbs 1 cm in diameter; outer tunics coriaceous. Stem 2-5-15 cm. Leaves 2-4, up to 9 cm x 0-5 mm, filiform, semi-cylindrical, sheathing the lower I of the stem, the lamina and sheath with long patent hairs. Spathe 2-valved; valves up to 3 cm, persistent, lanceolate at base, narrowed above into an appendage exceeding the umbel. Umbel 1 - 5-4 cm in diameter, hemispherical, dense, few- to manyflowered; outer pedicels 5-15 mm, almost equal, curved. Perianth cup-shaped; segments 3-4 x 1 -1-5 mm, narrowly elliptical, obtuse, lilac. Stamens with exserted anthers; filaments 4-5 mm; anthers yellow. Capsule 3 - 5 mm. Kikladhes. Gr.

A closely allied, if not conspecific plant, with a few-flowered, fastigiate umbel, shorter spathe, unequal pedicels up to 12 mm and longer stamens, occurs in the Peloponnisos (near Messini).