Allium tenuiflorum is a Mediterranean species of wild onion found in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Italy including Sardinia, and the Balkans.[2][3]
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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 |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Allium |
| Species: | A. tenuiflorum
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| Allium tenuiflorum Ten. 1814 not Delastre 1842
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Allium tenuiflorum produces a bulb up to 20 mm long. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Umbel is lax with uneven pedicels. Flowers are bell-shaped, tepals white with green or purple midveins and white anthers. Ovary at flowering time yellow-green.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Schede di botanica, Allium tenuiflorum
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Tenore, Michele. 1811. Flora Napolitana: ossia, Descrizione delle piante indigene del regno di Napoli, e delle piu rare specie di piante esotiche coltivate ne' Giardini ... Napoli : Nella Stamperia reale 1: 165, t. 30.
- ^ Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest, & Weiller, Marc. 1958. Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 279, Allium paniculatum var. tenoreanum
- ^ E-monocots, Amaryllidaceae, Allium tenuiflorum