Allium moly

Allium moly, also known as yellow garlic, golden garlic and lily leek, Is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium, which also includes the flowering and culinary onions and garlic. A bulbous herbaceous perennial from the Mediterranean, it is edible and also used as a medicinal and ornamental plant.

Occurrence and appearance
Allium moly is primarily found in Spain and Southern France with additional populations in Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Algeria, and Morocco.

With lance-shaped grey-green leaves up to 30 cm long, in early summer it produces masses of star-shaped bright yellow flowers in dense umbels. The cultivar 'Jeannine' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Variants

 * formerly included
 * Allium moly var. ambiguum, now called Allium roseum
 * Allium moly subsp. massaessylum, now called Allium massaessylum
 * Allium moly var. stamineum, now called Allium stamineum
 * Allium moly var. xericiense, now called Allium scorzonerifolium