Allium lineare, L.

11. A. lineare L. , Sp. Pl. 295 (1753) View Cited Treatment

(inch A. strictum Schrader ).

Bulbs cylindrical, solitary or paired, on a short oblique rhizome

5-10 mm thick; outer tunics with brown reticulate fibres. Stem 25-60 cm, slightly ribbed. Leaves 2-4, 18 cm x 3-5 mm, sheathing the lower | of the stem, linear, solid, ribbed beneath, with minutely denticulate margins. Spathe up to 1 cm, 2-valved, about as long as the umbel, persistent. Umbel 1-5-3 cm in diameter, hemispherical, many-flowered, dense; pedicels up to 15 mm, almost equal. Perianth campanulate; segments 4x1-5 mm, pink to lilac-purple, lanceolate, obtuse. Stamens slightly to much longer than the segments; filaments 4-5-6 mm, the outer subulate, the inner abruptly widened and up to 0-7 mm wide at base, often with a short basal tooth on one or both sides; anthers c. 0-5 mm when dehisced. Capsule 3-5-4 mm. 2n = 16,48. Rocky slopes, mountain grassland and steppes. Locally in the mountains and hill-country of C. Europe, from S.W. Poland to the S. W. Alps and W. Ukraine; S. & E. Russia and E. Ukraine; isolated stations in N. W. Russia. Au Cz Ga Ge He It Po Rs (C, W, E).