Allium polyanthum, Schultes & Schultes fil.

77. A. polyanthum Schultes & Schultes fil. , Syst. Veg. 7: 1016 (1830).

Bulbs 1-5-2 cm in diameter, ovoid; outer tunics membranous; bulblets yellowish. Stem 40-80 cm. Leaves 3-6, 10-25 cm x 3-20 mm, linear, flat, with smooth margin, sheathing the lower | of the stem. Spathe 1-valved, long-beaked, caducous. Umbel 4-8 cm in diameter, subglobose, many-flowered, lax; pedicels up to 40 mm, unequal. Perianth ovoid; segments 4-5 x 1-2-2 mm, narrowly elliptical, pink, the inner wider than the outer, acute or slightly obtuse, scabrid or papillose on keel. Stamens included, variable in length; outer 3 filaments up to 4-5 mm, simple, the inner 3 with the basal lamina much longer than the central cusp, the lateral cusps 2-3 times as long as the central cusp. Capsule c. 3 mm. 2n = 20, 32. 5. W. Europe. BI Co Ga Hs.