Allium flavum

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Bulb ovoid or globose-ovoid, 1-1.5 cm diam.; outer tunics membranous, blackish. Stem 8-50 cm, glaucous. Leaves 2-3, terete but with slight groove, 2 mm broad, glaucous. Valves of spathe unequal, narrowly triangular at base, contracted above into a slender appendage longer than pedicels, longer one to 11 cm. Umbel diffuse, fastigiate or hemispherical. Pedicels 3-25 mm, unequal or subequaI. Perianth campanulate; segments yellow or yellowish tinged with pink, purple or brown, smooth or pruinose, oblong, 4.5-5 mm, rounded at apex. Stamens exserted. Filaments yellow or purple. Anthers yellow to violet. Ovary subglobose, contracted at base into a very short stipe. Capsule c.4mm.

1- Flowers yellow, rarely greenish, without pink or brown tinge; perianth segments opaque or shiny, not covered with a layer of wax; filaments yellow or purple; ovary isodiametric subsp. flavum

     2- Filaments yellow; pedicels 2-3 x as long as flowers var. flavum

     2. Filaments mostly purple; pedicels 1-1.5 x as long as flowers var. minus

1- Flowers with a pink, rose, violet, brown or greenish-yellow tinge on a basic yellow ground; perianth segments and pedicels not shiny, covered with a layer of wax; filaments purple below tip for 0.5-1 mm; ovary longer than broad subsp. tauricum

   3. Leaves and sheaths glabrous var. tauricum

   3. Leaves and sheaths hairy var. pilosum

Distribution of species: S. and southern C. Europe, ?N. Africa