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
| 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]
- Allium flavum subsp. flavum - Turkey, central + southern Europe
- Allium flavum subsp. ionochlorum Maire - Algeria, Morocco
- Allium flavum var. minus Boiss. - Turkey
- Allium flavum var. pilosum Kollmann & Koyuncu - Adana Province in Turkey
- Allium flavum subsp. tauricum (Besser ex Rchb.) K.Richt - Middle East, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, European Russia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan
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