Allium cassium

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Amaryllidaceae}}

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| taxon = Allium cassium

| name = Allium cassium

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| authority = Boiss.

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  • Allium roseum var. cassium (Boiss.) Regel
  • Allium cydni Schott & Kotschy
  • Allium roseum var. puberulum Regel
  • Allium cassium var. hirtellum Boiss.
  • Allium troodi H.Lindb.

| synonyms_ref =[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=295255 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

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Allium cassium is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.{{cite web|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:527789-1|title= Allium cassium Boiss.|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= August 26, 2020}} It is a wild onion native to Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, and Cyprus.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18116232#page/279/mode/1up Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1882. Flora Orientalis 5: 271-272] in Latin[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18116232#page/279/mode/1up Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum ser. 1, 13: 28] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50194520 Tropicos, Allium cassium Boiss.][http://www.wildflowers.co.il/english/picture.asp?ID=7691 Wild Flowers of Israel, Allium cassium photo by Eli Livne]

Description

Allium cassium has a stem that ranges from 10 to 25cm (3.93-9.84 inches) in height and thin linear leaves of a slightly smaller size. It grows from bulbs, usually in clusters. Its flowers are white or light pink and bell-shaped. Additionally, they are 7 to 10mm long.{{Cite web |title=Allium cassium- Alpine Garden Society |url=http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Allium/cassium}}

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Category:Onions

Category:Plants described in 1854

Category:Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier

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