Allium subhirsutum
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| name = Hairy garlic
| taxon = Allium subhirsutum
| parent = Allium subg. Amerallium
| image = Allium subhirsutum - Άλλιο το υπόδασυ.jpg
| authority = L.
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|Allium album F.Delaroche
|Allium brachystemon Redouté
|Allium ciliare F.Delaroche
|Allium ciliatum Cirillo
|Allium clusianum Retz. ex Willd.
|Allium graminifolium Loisel. 1806, illegitimate homonym not Pers. 1805
|Allium graminifolium Buch 1816, illegitimate homonym not Pers. 1805
|Allium hirsutum Lam. 1779, illegitimate superfluous name
|Allium hirsutum Zucc. 1843, illegitimate homonym not Lam. 1779
|Allium loiseleurii (Rouy) D.Prain
|Allium niveum Roth
|Allium subhirsutum subsp. ciliare (F.Delaroche) Maire & Weiller
|Allium subhirsutum var. ciliatum (Cirillo) Briq.
|Allium subhirsutum subsp. ciliatum (Cirillo) Holmboe
|Allium subhirsutum var. corbariense Timb.-Lagr. ex Nyman
|Allium subhirsutum var. hellenicum Hausskn.
|Allium subvillosum var. clusianum (Retz. ex Willd.) Nyman
|Allium tinei C.Presl
|Iulus niveum (Roth) Salisb.
|Iulus subhirsutum (L.) Salisb.
|Kalabotis clusianum (Retz. ex Willd.) Raf.
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Allium subhirsutum, the hairy garlic,{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} is a plant species widespread around the Mediterranean region from Spain and the Canary Islands to Turkey and Palestine.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296702 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=allium+subhirsutum Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio pelosetto, hairy garlic, Allium subhirsutum]
Allium subhirsutum is a perennial herb up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are long, up to 15 mm across, tapering toward the tip, with hairs along the margins (hence the name "hairy garlic"). The umbel contains only a few flowers, white with thin pink midveins.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fleursdusud.fr/index.php/ab/ajo-all/648-allium-subhirsutum--ail-cilie--amaryllidacees- |title=Fleurs du Sud, Méditerranée et Montagne, Allium subhirsutum |access-date=2014-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928162718/http://fleursdusud.fr/index.php/ab/ajo-all/648-allium-subhirsutum--ail-cilie--amaryllidacees- |archive-date=2015-09-28 |url-status=dead }}Linnaeus, Carl. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 295.Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, Kalabotis clusianum
Uses
Allium subhirsutum is edible and sometimes cultivated in kitchen gardens. Bulbs can be eaten cooked or in salads. There are however a few reports of toxicity when consumed in large quantities.[http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+subhirsutum Plants for a Future]Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
- Allium subhirsutum subsp. obtusitepalum (Svent.) G.Kunkel - Alegranza Island in Canary Islands
- Allium subhirsutum subsp. subhirsutum - from Spain and Morocco to Turkey and Palestine.
- Allium subhirsutum var. barcense, now called Allium longanum
- Allium subhirsutum var. canariense, now called Allium subvillosum
- Allium subhirsutum var. glabrum now called Allium neapolitanum
- Allium subhirsutum subsp. graecum, now called Allium trifoliatum
- Allium subhirsutum var. hirsutum, now called Allium trifoliatum
- Allium subhirsutum subsp. permixtum, now called Allium permixtum
- Allium subhirsutum var. purpurascens, now called Allium subvillosum
- Allium subhirsutum subsp. spathaceum, now called Allium spathaceum
- Allium subhirsutum subsp. subvillosum, now called Allium subvillosum
- Allium subhirsutum subsp. trifoliatum, now called Allium trifoliatum
- Allium subhirsutum var. vernale, now called Allium subvillosum
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Category:Plants described in 1753