Allium paniculatum

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Bulb 1-2.5 cm diam.; outer tunics membranous. Stem 30-70 cm. Leaves 3-5, 2 mm broad, fistulose, canaliculate. above, prominently ribbed beneath. Valves of spathe unequal, ovate to narrowly lanceolate at base, contracted above into a long appendage exceeding umbel. Umbel hemispherical to ovoid, 3.5-7 cm diam., diffuse, usually many-flowered. Pedicels very unequal, outer curving outwards, inner erect. Perianth campanulate, becoming narrowly ovoid; segments narrowly obovate to oblong, 4-6 mm, usually obtuse, often apiculate, sometimes acute. Filaments and anthers included or anthers slightly exserted. Ovary ellipsoid, 2-3 x as long as broad, papillose, narrowed at base and apex. Capsule c. 5 mm.

1- Leaves and sheaths hairy; hairs patent subsp. villosulum

1- Leaves and sheaths glabrous or rarely lower sheaths densely and minutely velutinous

  2. Perianth segments reddish-brown, brown, brownish or greenish-brown, 5-6 mm subsp. fuscum 

  2. Perianth segments pink, white, whitish, greenish-white or pale greenish, 4-5 mm subsp. paniculatum 

Distribution of species: Europe, W. Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Iran.