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Allium flavum, the small yellow onion [4] or yellow-flowered garlic, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium. A bulbous herbaceous perennial , it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean , Black , and Caspian Seas , from areas like France and Morocco to Iran and Kazakhstan .
Allium flavum (yellow) and Allium carinatum (purple). Allium is a large genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants with around 1000 accepted species, [4] [5] making Allium the largest genus in the family Amaryllidaceae and amongst the largest plant genera in the world. [6]
Allium giganteum, common name giant onion or giant leek, is an Asian species of onion, native to central and southwestern Asia but cultivated in many countries as a flowering garden plant. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is the tallest species of Allium in common cultivation, growing to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft).
Allium caeruleum (blue globe onion, blue ornamental onion, blue-of-the-heavens, blue-flowered garlic; syn. Allium azureum Ledeb.) is an ornamental bulbous plant of the onion genus, native to Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Siberia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Xinjiang). [3] [4] [5] In these regions, it is found on dry slopes, plains, and ...
Allium neapolitanum is a bulbous herbaceous perennial plant in the onion subfamily within the Amaryllis family. Common names include Neapolitan garlic , [ 2 ] Naples garlic , daffodil garlic , false garlic , flowering onion , Naples onion , Guernsey star-of-Bethlehem , star , white garlic , and wood garlic .
Allium cristophii, the Persian onion or star of Persia, [6] [7] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Iran, Turkey, and Turkmenistan, though grown as an ornamental bulbous plant in many parts of the world. [3] It may be sold under the synonym of Allium albopilosum.
Allium sphaerocephalon produces egg-shaped bulbs. Small bulblets are present under the outer layer of the stem (making the plant potentially invasive when grown in gardens). ). Flowers are borne on a scape up to 50 cm in height, in a spherical to egg-shaped umbel, 1–6 cm in diameter, tightly packed with many flowers crowded toget
Allium monanthum is unusual in the genus in being usually dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants), but rarely hermaphrodite or gynomonoecious. [8] The species produces a single round bulb about 1 cm (1 ⁄ 3 in) in diameter. Scapes are relatively short for the genus, rarely more than 10 cm (4 in) tall. Leaves are flat, long and ...