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Allium subvillosum, the Spring Garlic, is a European and North African species of wild onion native to southern Iberia, the Balearic Islands, Sicily, northern Africa (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and the Canary Islands) and the Azores where it might be introduced.Allium subvillosum is a bulb-forming perennial up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are long and narrow, with long white hairs clearly visible to the naked eye. Umbel is hemispherical, with 15-20 flowers on long pedicels. Flowers are white with yellow anthers. formerly includedAllium subvillosum var. clusianum, now called Allium subhirsutum
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Allium
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Spring garlic
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