Allium regelianum, A. Becker

94. A. regelianum A. Becker , Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscow 55(1): 146 (1880).

Bulbs c. 1 cm in diameter, ovoid; outer tunics membranous; bulblets dark purplish-brown. Stem 33-60 cm. Leaves 3, up to 20 cm x 0-5-2 mm, linear, fistular, many-veined, with minutely denticulate margin, sheathing the lower of the stem. Spathe caducous. Umbel 1 -5-2 cm in diameter, hemispherical or ovoid, many-flowered; pedicels unequal, the longest up to 20 mm. Perianth cylindrical; segments c. 4-5 x 1 -5 mm, oblong-lanceolate, acute, smooth, purplish. Stamens slightly exserted; outer 3 filaments up to 4 mm, simple, the inner 3 with the basal lamina not ciliate and nearly twice as long as the central cusp, the lateral cusps slightly or much longer than the central cusp. Capsule 2-5-3 mm. • S. & E. Ukraine, S.E. Russia. Rs (W, E).

A. scythicum Zoz , Ućen. Zap. Khar'kovsk. Derź. Univ. 4: 65 (1936), reported from steppes in S. Ukraine (E. of Herson), with whitish or pale lilac perianth and the lateral cusps of the inner stamens c. 3 times as long as the central cusp, is doubtfully distinct from 94.