Bulb is ovoid and terete. Leaves are wide in lower part and linear. Short sheaths is visible above ground. Spathe usually shorter than the umbel. Umbel has few- to many-flowered. Perianth campanulateand it is white with a purple mid-vein, ovate and obtuse. Stamens shorter than perianth. Filaments are flat, tapering to the apex. Anthers included within the yellow perianth. Stigma obscurely lobed. Capsule is subglobose.
Mediterranean region, Sinai.
Sandy places.
Perennial
Height: 10-30 cm
Allium papillare is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.[1] It is a wild onion found in sandy areas in southern and eastern Israel and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.[2] It is a small bulb-forming perennial; flowers have white tepals with purple midveins.[3][4][5]
Allium papillare is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. It is a wild onion found in sandy areas in southern and eastern Israel and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is a small bulb-forming perennial; flowers have white tepals with purple midveins.
