Allium melananthum

Allium melananthum, called ajo oscuro (dark garlic), ajo negro (black garlic) or ajo de flor negra (black-flowered garlic), is a species of wild garlic native to southeast coastal areas of Spain.[2] It is similar to three other species of Allium of the western Mediterranean; A. pruinatum, A. sphaerocephalon and A. ebusitanum, but can be distinguished from them by its dark purple to blackish-purple tepals, and its exerted stamens.[3]

Allium melananthum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. melananthum
Binomial name
Allium melananthum

References
  1. J. Bot. (Morot) 9: 336 (1895)
  2. "Allium melananthum Coincy". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. Aedo, Carlos (2006). "Is Allium ebusitanum (Alliaceae) an endemic species from Ibiza?". Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 63 (2). doi:10.3989/ajbm.2006.v63.i2.2.
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