Allium flavum, L.

68. A. flavum L. , Sp. Pl. 298 (1753) View Cited Treatment .

Bulbs 1-1-5 cm in diameter; outer tunics membranous. Stem 8-50 cm, glaucous. Leaves 2-3, up to 20 cm x 2 mm, solid, glaucous, smooth, sheathing the lower of the stem. Spathe 2-valved; valves unequal, narrowly triangular at base, contracted above into a long slender appendage longer than the pedicels, the longer up to 11 cm. Umbel diffuse, fastigiate or hemispherical, without bulbils, 9- to 60-flowered, the outer pedicels usually curving downwards at anthesis; pedicels 3-25 mm, unequal, erect in fruit. Perianth campanulate; segments 4-5-5 x 2 mm, oblong, rounded at apex. Stamens exserted; filaments c. 7 mm; anthers yellow to violet. Ovary subglobose, contracted at base into a very short stipe. Capsule c. 4 mm. Dry slopes. • S. S. C. Europe, extending northwards to c. 5O°3O' N. in S. Russia, but absentfrom the Iberian peninsula. Al Au Bu Cz Ga Gr Hu It Ju Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Si Tu.