Allium agrigentinum

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| taxon = Allium agrigentinum

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| authority =Brullo & Pavone

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Allium agrigentinum is a plant species in the Amaryllis family, endemic to the Italian Island of Sicily in the Mediterranean.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=294919 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=allium+agrigentinum Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio d'Agrigento, Allium agrigentinum Brullo & Pavone ] Initial collections were made in or near the [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maccalube-di-Aragona/111002815581112?rf=137615882951626 Riserva naturale integrale Macalube di Aragona Wildlife Sanctuary].Salvatore Brullo & Pietro Pavone. 2002. Informatore Botanico Italiano; Bolletino della Societa Botanica Italiana. Florence 33: 505, Allium agrigentinum

Allium agrigentinum has a light brown bulb up to 20 mm long. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. The umbel is hemispherical with uneven pedicels. Flowers are narrowly bell-shaped with pinkish-purple tepals.

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