Allium cassium is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.[2] It is a wild onion native to Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, and Cyprus.[1][3][4][5][6]
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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. cassium
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium cassium | |
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Description
editAllium cassium has a stem that ranges from 10 to 25cm (3.93-9.84 inches) in height and thin linear leaves of a slightly smaller size. It grows from bulbs, usually in clusters. Its flowers are white or light pink and bell-shaped. Additionally, they are 7 to 10mm long.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Allium cassium Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1882. Flora Orientalis 5: 271-272 in Latin
- ^ Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum ser. 1, 13: 28 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Allium cassium Boiss.
- ^ Wild Flowers of Israel, Allium cassium photo by Eli Livne
- ^ "Allium cassium- Alpine Garden Society".