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Allium tenuiflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Allium
Species:	A. tenuiflorum
Binomial name
Allium tenuiflorum Ten. 1814 not Delastre 1842
Synonyms
Allium montanum Guss. 1826, illegitimate homonym not F.W. Schmidt 1794 Allium pallens subsp. tenuiflorum (Ten.) Stearn Allium paniculatum var. tenoreanum Maire & Weiller Allium paniculatum subsp. tenuiflorum (Ten.) K.Richt. Allium tenuiflorum var. pseudotenuiflorum Pamp. Allium tenuifolium Friv. 1828, illegitimate homonym not Salisb. 1796

Allium tenuiflorum is a Mediterranean species of wild onion found in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Italy including Sardinia, and the Balkans.

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.

References

1. The Plant List
2. Altervista Flora Italiana, Schede di botanica, Allium tenuiflorum
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. 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.
5. Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest, & Weiller, Marc. 1958. Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 279, Allium paniculatum var. tenoreanum
6. E-monocots, Amaryllidaceae, Allium tenuiflorum

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