Allium papillare

Allium papillare is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.[1] It is a wild onion found in sandy areas in southern and eastern Israel and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.[2] It is a small bulb-forming perennial; flowers have white tepals with purple midveins.[3][4][5]

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

References

  1. "Allium papillare Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum 13: 27.
  4. Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  5. Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
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