Allium pallens

Allium pallens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Tribe:	Allieae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. pallens
Binomial name
Allium pallens L. 1762 not Rchb. 1848.
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Allium amblyanthum Zahar. Allium coppoleri Tineo Allium pallens var. coppoleri (Tineo) Parl. Allium pallens subsp. coppoleri (Tineo) Nyman Allium paniculatum var. excedens H.Lindb. Allium paniculatum var. pallens (L.) Gren. & Gord. Allium paniculatum subsp. pallens (L.) K.Richt. Allium paniculatum subsp. stearnii (Pastor & Valdés) O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo Allium paniculatum var. tenuiflorum Rouy Allium serbicum Vis. & Pancic Allium stearnii Pastor & Valdés Allium stramineum var. nigropedunculatum Oppenh. Kalabotis pallens (L.) Raf. Raphione pallens (L.) Salisb.

Allium pallens is a species of wild onion native to the Mediterranean region and Middle East from Portugal and Algeria to Iran. ^[2][3]

Allium pallens produces a single egg-shaped bulb. Scape is up to 50 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are long, narrow, and fleshy. Flowers are bell-shaped, some nodding while others in the same umbel erect, the tepals white or pale purple with prominent green or purple midveins.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

formerly included^[9]

• Allium pallens var. grandiflorum, now called Allium litardierei
• Allium pallens var. pseudooleraceum, now called Allium oleraceum
• Allium pallens var. savii, now called Allium savii
• Allium pallens subsp. siciliense , now called Allium lehmannii
• Allium pallens subsp. tenuiflorum , now called Allium tenuiflorum

References

1. The Plant List
2. Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium pallens
3. Flora of Israel On-line, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Allium pallens
4. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1762. Species Plantarum, Edition 2, 1: 427.
5. Zahariadi, Constantine. 1975. Biologia Gallo-Hellenica; Travaux des Groupes Franco-helleniques et de la Station Keramou 6(1): 53, Allium amblyanthum
6. Bolòs, Oriol de, Masalles, R.M. & Vigo Bonada, Josep. 1988. Collectanea Botanica (Barcelona) 17(1): 95, Allium paniculatum subsp. stearnii
7. Pastor Díaz, Julio Enrique, & Valdés Castrillón, Benito. 1983. Revisión del Género Allium (Liliaceae) en la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares 86, Allium stearnii
8. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, Kalabotis pallens
9. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families