Allium carinatum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plants}}

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| taxon = Allium carinatum

| parent = Allium subg. Allium

| image = Allium carinatum Sturm38.jpg

| image_caption = Allium carinatum1796 painting, Figure 38 from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen at http://www.biolib.de Author Johann Georg Sturm, Painted by Jacob Sturm; published by Kurt Stüber

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Korpelainen, H. |author2=Holubec, V. |author3=Asdal, Å. |author4=Magos Brehm, J. |author5=Labokas, J. |author6=Vögel, R. |author7=Eliáš, P. |year=2011 |title=Allium carinatum (Europe assessment) |volume=2011 |page=e.T172195A6846884 |doi= |access-date=30 June 2024}}

| authority = L.

| synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true

|title=Species synonymy

|Aglitheis carinata (L.) Raf.

• Allium asperum G.Don
• Allium calcareum Reut.
• Allium consimile Jord. ex Gren. & Godr.
• Allium denticulatum Kit.
• Allium flexifolium Jord. ex Gren. & Godr.
• Allium flexum Waldst. & Kit.
• Allium flexuosum Host 1827, illegitimate homonym not d'Urv. 1822 (syn of A. staticiforme)
• Allium foetidum Willd.
• Allium monserratense Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange
• Allium montenegrinum Beck & Szyszyl.
• Allium pratense Schleich. ex Kunth.
• Allium purpureum Schur
• Allium violaceum Willd.
• Cepa carinata (L.) Bernh.
• Codonoprasum carinatum (L.) Rchb.
• Codonoprasum consimile (Jord. ex Gren. & Godr.) Fourr.
• Codonoprasum flexifolium (Jord. ex Gren. & Godr.) Fourr.
• Raphione carinata (L.) Salisb.

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| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-295243 The Plant List]

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Allium carinatum, the keeled garlic{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} or witch's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is widespread across central and southern Europe, with some populations in Asiatic Turkey. It is cultivated in many places as an ornamental and also for its potently aromatic bulbs used as a food flavoring.{{PFAF|Allium carinatum}}

;Varieties

Numerous botanical names have been coined within the species at the varietal level, but only two are recognized:

• Allium carinatum subsp. carinatum - most of species range
• Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum (G.Don) Bonnier & Layens - central Europe + Balkans