Allium nigrum, L.

106. A. nigrum L. , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 430 (1762)

(inch A. multibulbosum Jacq. , A. magicum auct.,? an L.).

Bulbs 2-5-3 cm in diameter, ovoid; outer tunics membranous. Stem 60-90 cm. Leaves 3-6, up to 50 x 8 cm, broadly linear. Spathe becoming 2- to 4-fid; valves up to 3 cm, narrowly triangular, acuminate. Umbel 5-10 cm in diameter, hemispherical or fastigiate, manyflowered, very rarely with bulbils; pedicels 25-45 mm. Perianth stellate at anthesis, later deflexed; segments 6-9 x 1 -5-3-5 mm, white or pale lilac, with a greenish mid-vein, narrowly oblongelliptical, obtuse. Stamens shorter than perianth-segments; filaments c. 5 mm, connate into an annulus at base, 1-1-5 mm wide and triangular at base, narrowed above into a subulate or very narrowly triangular filament; anthers yellowish. Capsule 6-8 mm. 2« = 16. Cultivated ground and waste places. S. Europe. Al BI Bu Co Cr Ga fGe Gr Hs It Ju Lu?Rs (K) Sa Si Tu [?Au].

A. auctum Omelczuk , Ukr. Bot. Żur. 19(2): 22 (1962), from Krym, with pinkish-violet perianth, is doubtfully distinct from 106.