Allium chamaemoly

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|name=dwarf garlic

| taxon = Allium chamaemoly

| parent = Allium subg. Amerallium

| image = Allium chamaemoly Corse 2014.jpg

| authority =L.

|synonyms=*Allium chamaemoly var. littoralis (Jord. & Fourr.) Maire & Weiller

• Allium chamaemoly var. viridulum (Jord. & Fourr.) Maire & Weiller
• Allium columnae Bubani
• Saturnia cernua Maratti
• Saturnia chamaemoly (L.) Salisb.
• Saturnia etrusca Jord. & Fourr.
• Saturnia littoralis Jord. & Fourr.
• Saturnia rubrinervis Jord. & Fourr.
• Saturnia viridula Jord. & Fourr.

|synonyms_ref=[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-295272 The Plant List]

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Allium chamaemoly, called dwarf garlic, is a species of garlic native to the Mediterranean region and cultivated elsewhere for its pretty flowers and potently aromatic bulbs. It is found in the wild in Spain (incl Balearic Is), France (incl Corsica), Malta, Italy (inc Sardinia + Sicily), Greece, the Balkans, Algeria, and Morocco.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295272 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=allium+chamaemoly Altervisea, Schede di Botanica, Allium chamaemoly]Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest & Weiller, Marc. 1958. Flore d'Afrique du Nord 5: 286.[http://www.maltawildplants.com/AMRY/Allium_chamaemoly.php Wild Plants of Malta, dwarf garlic]

Allium chamaemoly is a small plant growing from an underground bulb. Scape is very short or completely absent, so that the umbel forms at ground level. Tepals are white, usually with a purple midvein. Leaves are flat and grass-like, often with long white hairs.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358320#page/313/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 301].

Two formal botanical varieties are recognized:

• Allium chamaemoly subsp. chamaemoly - most of European species range but not North Africa
• Allium chamaemoly subsp. longicaulis Pastor & Valdés - Spain (incl Balearic Is), Algeria, Morocco