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Allium callimischon

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Allium callimischon is a plant species native to southwestern Turkey and to southern Greece (including Peloponnese and the Island of Crete).[1] It is grown in other countries as an ornamental because of its attractive flowers.[2]

Allium callimischon is a perennial herb up to 30 cm tall. It has small bulbs and thread-like leaves. Flowers are borne in an umbel, white with thin purple midveins on the tepals.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Pacific Bulb Society, Allium species one
  3. ^ "Rare Plants UK, Allium callimischon". Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
  4. ^ Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link. 1834. Linnaea 9: 140
  5. ^ Stearn, William Thomas. 1978. Annales Musei Goulandris; Contributiones ad Historiam Naturalem Graeciae et Regionis Mediterraneae. Kifisia, Athens 4: 154.
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Allium callimischon: Brief Summary

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Allium callimischon is a plant species native to southwestern Turkey and to southern Greece (including Peloponnese and the Island of Crete). It is grown in other countries as an ornamental because of its attractive flowers.

Allium callimischon is a perennial herb up to 30 cm tall. It has small bulbs and thread-like leaves. Flowers are borne in an umbel, white with thin purple midveins on the tepals.

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