Allium szovitsii

Yayla körmeni

Bulb cylindrical-oblong, 3.5-13 x 1-1.5 cm; outer tunics brown, densely fibrous-reticulate. Stem 15-40 cm. Leaves 2-5, linear, 2-4 mm broad, obtuse. Spathe 2-valved; valves whitish-scarious, ovate, acute. Umbel hemispherical or spherical, 1.5-2.5 cm diam., dense. Pedicels 3-7 mm. Perianth campanulate; segments lilac-pink to mauve or violet, rarely white, with dark purple midvein, oblong-elliptic or broadly elliptic, 5-6 mm, obtuse or subacute. Filaments 1.5-c. 2 x perianth segments; inner twice as broad as outer, with or without 2 teeth at base. Anthers lilac or violet. Style c. 5 mm, strongly exserted. Capsule ovoid, 6-7 mm, c. as long as perianth. Fl. 7-9. Alpine meadows, igneous rocks on bushy slopes and in gullies, limestone outcrops, 2000-3215 m.

Caucasia, N. Iraq, N.W. Iran. Euxine element.