Allium carinatum
| keeled garlic witch's garlic | |
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| Allium carinatum[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. carinatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium carinatum L. | |
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Species synonymy
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Allium carinatum, the keeled garlic[3] or witch's garlic, is a perennial plant up to 60 cm tall. It is widespread across central + southern Europe, with some populations in Asiatic Turkey. It is cultivated in many places as an ornamental and also for its potently aromatic bulbs used as a food flavoring.[4]
- Varieties
Numerous botanical names have been coined within the species at the varietal level, but only two are recognized:[5]
- Allium carinatum subsp. carinatum - most of species range
- Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum (G.Don) Bonnier & Layens - central Europe + Balkans
Description
Allium carinatum produces a single small bulb rarely more than 15 mm long, flat leaves, and an umbel of purple to reddish-purple flowers. The flowers are on long pedicels and often nodding (hanging downwards].[6][7]
Distribution
Allium carinatum is considered native to the Mediterranean Region from Spain to Turkey, north to Sweden and the Baltic Republics. It is naturalized in the British Isles[5]
References
- ↑ 1796 painting, Figure 38 from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen at http://www.biolib.de Author Johann Georg Sturm, Painted by Jacob Sturm; published by Kurt Stüber
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ Plants for a Future
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 297.
- ↑ Altervista Schede di Botanica, Allium carnatum