Allium flavum

Allium flavum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. flavum
Binomial name
Allium flavum
Synonyms[2][3]
List
  • Allium montanum Rchb. 1848, illegitimate homonym not F.W. Schmidt 1794
  • Allium nitschmannii Willd. ex Ledeb.
  • Allium pallens Rchb. 1848, illegitimate homonym not L. 1762
  • Allium paniculatum All. 1785, illegitimate homonym not L. 1759
  • Allium ruthenicum Steud.
  • Allium valdense Nyman
  • Allium valdensium Reut.
  • Allium webbii Clementi
  • Cepa flava (L.) Moench
  • Codonoprasum flavum (L.) Rchb.
  • Codonoprasum flexum Rchb.
  • Codonoprasum pallens Rchb.
  • Kalabotis flavum (L.) Raf.
  • Allium tauricum (Besser ex Rchb.) Grossh.
  • Allium aristatum Candargy
  • Allium paczoskianum Tuzson
  • Allium callistemon Webb ex Regel
  • Allium sphaeropodum Klokov
  • Allium villosiusculum Seregin
  • Allium pseudopulchellum Omelczuk
  • Allium fontanesii J.Gay
  • Allium amphipulchellum Zahar.

Allium flavum, the small yellow onion[4] or yellow-flowered garlic,[5] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium. A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from areas like France and Morocco to Iran and Kazakhstan.[6][7]

Description

Allium flavum produces one bulb, and a scape up to 40 cm tall. The Umbel contains bright yellow, bell shaped flowers with a pleasing scent.[8][9][10][11][12] The Latin species epithet flavum means "yellow", referring to its flower colour.[13] It flowers between June and July and is hardy to USDA zones 4 to 8.[4]

In cultivation in the UK, Allium flavum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5]

Varieties and subspecies

Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World Checklist[3]

References

  1. ^ Holubec, V.; Uzundzhalieva, K.; Vörösváry, G.; Donnini, D.; Bulińska, Z.; Strajeru, S.; Eliáš, P. (2011). "Allium flavum (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172140A6835455. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  2. ^ The Plant List
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ a b Ellen Spector Platt Garlic, Onion, and Other Alliums, p. 150, at Google Books
  5. ^ a b "RHS Plantfinder - Allium flavum". Royal Horticultural Society. 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  6. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium flavum
  7. ^ Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium flavum, Fragrant Yellow Onion
  8. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 298-299
  9. ^ Soó von Bere, Károly Rezső. 1971. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Budapest. 16(3-4): 365, as Allium flavum var. adriaticum
  10. ^ Priszter, Szaniszló. 1972. Botanikai Közlemenyek. Budapest 59(1): 46, as Allium flavum f. bulbilliferum
  11. ^ Allioni, Carlo. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii ii. 157., as Allium paniculatum
  12. ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, as Kalabotis flavum
  13. ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 258, at Google Books