Allium parciflorum is a plant species known only from the islands of Corsica and Sardinia in the Mediterranean.[2][3] It is common at all elevations on those two islands but unknown elsewhere.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Allium |
| Species: | A. parciflorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium parciflorum Viv.
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Allium parciflorum has egg-shaped bulbs. Scape is up to 25 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are thin and tubular, about the same length as the scape but withering before flowering time. Umbels have very few bell-shaped flowers. Tepals are white to pale lavender with prominent dark purple midveins.[5][6][7][8]
Allium parciflorum is closely related to Allium lojaconoi, endemic to Malta.[9]
References
edit- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Viviani, Domenico. 1824. Florae Corsicae specierum novarum vel minus cognitarum diagnosis quam in Florae Italicae fragmenti alterius prodromum, Appendix page 2
- ^ Tropicos, Allium parciflorum Viv.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio paucifloro, Allium parciflorum
- ^ Viviani, Domenico. 1825. Appendix altera ad florae Corsicae Prodromus: 2.
- ^ Flora di Sardegna, plantae endemicae, Allium parciflorum
- ^ Allium parciflorum, Flora di Sardegna
- ^ Acta Plantarum, Galleria della Flora italiana, Allium parciflorum Viv. color photos, captions in Italian
- ^ Salvatore Brullo, E. Lanfranco, Pietro Pavone. 1982. Allium lojaconoi sp. nov. e sue affinita con Allium parciflorum Viv. Webbia 35(2): 295–306.