Allium flavum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Allium flavum

| parent = Allium subg. Allium

| image = Allium flavum sl 2.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Holubec, V. |author2=Uzundzhalieva, K. |author3=Vörösváry, G. |author4=Donnini, D. |author5=Bulińska, Z. |author6=Strajeru, S. |author7=Eliáš, P. |year=2011 |title=Allium flavum (Europe assessment) |volume=2011 |page=e.T172140A6835455 |doi= |access-date=30 June 2024}}

| authority = L.

| synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true

|Allium montanum Rchb. 1848, illegitimate homonym not F.W. Schmidt 1794

|Allium nitschmannii Willd. ex Ledeb.

|Allium pallens Rchb. 1848, illegitimate homonym not L. 1762

|Allium paniculatum All. 1785, illegitimate homonym not L. 1759

|Allium ruthenicum Steud.

|Allium valdense Nyman

|Allium valdensium Reut.

|Allium webbii Clementi

|Cepa flava (L.) Moench

|Codonoprasum flavum (L.) Rchb.

|Codonoprasum flexum Rchb.

|Codonoprasum pallens Rchb.

|Kalabotis flavum (L.) Raf.

|Allium tauricum (Besser ex Rchb.) Grossh.

|Allium aristatum Candargy

|Allium paczoskianum Tuzson

|Allium callistemon Webb ex Regel

|Allium sphaeropodum Klokov

|Allium villosiusculum Seregin

|Allium pseudopulchellum Omelczuk

|Allium fontanesii J.Gay

|Allium amphipulchellum Zahar. }}

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-295544 The Plant List]

}}

Allium flavum, the small yellow onionEllen Spector Platt {{google books|kAPUPnftobAC|Garlic, Onion, and Other Alliums|page=150}} or yellow-flowered garlic, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium.

A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from areas like France and Morocco to Iran and Kazakhstan.[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=allium+flavum Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium flavum][http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/71481/ Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium flavum, Fragrant Yellow Onion]

Description

Allium flavum produces one bulb, and a scape up to 40 cm tall. The umbel contains bright yellow, bell shaped flowers with a pleasing scent.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358317#page/310/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 298-299]Soó von Bere, Károly Rezső. 1971. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Budapest. 16(3-4): 365, as Allium flavum var. adriaticumPriszter, Szaniszló. 1972. Botanikai Közlemenyek. Budapest 59(1): 46, as Allium flavum f. bulbilliferumAllioni, Carlo. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii ii. 157., as Allium paniculatum[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7430295#page/147/mode/1up Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19], as Kalabotis flavum The Latin species epithet flavum means "yellow", referring to its flower colour.Archibald William Smith {{google books|ahNMkgoNJ7IC|A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins|page=258}} It flowers between June and July and is hardy to USDA zones 4 to 8.

In cultivation in the UK, Allium flavum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/827/i-Allium-flavum-i/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder - Allium flavum

| publisher=Royal Horticultural Society | date=2017 | accessdate=5 January 2018}}

Varieties and subspecies

Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World Checklist[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295577 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

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