Allium tripedale is a species of wild onion native to the Caucasus (North + South), Iraq, Turkey, and northern Iran.[1] It is related to Allium siculum. It produces up to 30 pink-violet bell-shaped flowers per umbel.[2][3][4][5][6]

Allium tripedale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Nectaroscordum
Species:
A. tripedale
Binomial name
Allium tripedale
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Allium roseum subsp. persicum Bornm.
  • Nectaroscordum persicum (Bornm.) Bornm.
  • Nectaroscordum tripedale (Trautv.) Traub

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Trautvetter, Ernst Rudolf von. 1873. ii. 485. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada. Acta Horti Petropolitani. St. Petersburg
  3. ^ Traub, Hamilton Paul. 1963. Plant Life 23: 65, Nectaroscordum tripedale.
  4. ^ Bornmüller, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus. 1915. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 33(2): 210, Nectaroscordum persicum
  5. ^ Bornmüller, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus. 1911. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 28: 513 Allium roseum subsp. persicum
  6. ^ Pacific Bulb Society, Allium Species Four, Allium tripedale