Allium achaium
| Allium achaium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. achaium
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium achaium | |
Allium achaium is a plant species endemic to Greece.[1]
Allium achaium produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 25 mm long. Scape is up to 30 cm tall, round in cross-section, erect, about 5 mm across. Leaves are about the same length as the scape, 3 mm wide. Umbel has up to 45 flowers, the pedicels unequal in length. Flowers are bell-shaped, pale yellow tinged with pink. Anthers are yellow, ovary green.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Allium achaium
- ^ Pierre Edmond Boissier & Theodhoros Georgios Orphanides. 1882. Flora Orientalis sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto ad Indiae 5: 259.
- ^ Sandro Bogdanovic´, Cristian Brullo, Salvatore Brullo, Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo, Carmelo Maria Masarella, & Christina Salmeri. 2011. Allium achaium Boiss. (Alliadceae), a critical species of Greek flora. Candollea 66:57-64.