Allium flavum

Fragrant Yellow Onion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Tribe:	Allieae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. flavum
Binomial name
Allium flavum L.
Synonyms[1][2]
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 is a species of onion native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from France + Morocco to Iran + Kazakhstan. ^[3][4]

Allium flavum produces one bulb, and a scape up to 40 cm tall. Umbel contains bright yellow, bell shaped flowers with a pleasing scent.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Varieties + Subspecies

Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World Checklist^[2]

• Allium flavum subsp. flavum - Turkey, central + southern Europe
• Allium flavum subsp. ionochlorum Maire - Algeria, Morocco
• Allium flavum var. minus Boiss. - Turkey
• Allium flavum var. pilosum Kollmann & Koyuncu - Adana Province in Turkey
• Allium flavum subsp. tauricum (Besser ex Rchb.) K.Richt - Middle East, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, European Russia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan

References

1. The Plant List
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium flavum
4. Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium flavum, Fragrant Yellow Onion
5. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 298-299
6. Soó von Bere, Károly Rezső. 1971. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Budapest. 16(3-4): 365, as Allium flavum var. adriaticum
7. Priszter, Szaniszló. 1972. Botanikai Közlemenyek. Budapest 59(1): 46, as Allium flavum f. bulbilliferum
8. Allioni, Carlo. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii ii. 157., as Allium paniculatum
9. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, as Kalabotis flavum