Allium subhirsutum(Steud. ex A.Rich.) Duyfjes [family ALLIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Wilde-Duyfjes,B.E.E., Isotype of Allium spathaceumSteud. ex A.Rich. [family ALLIACEAE ]
Related name
Allium subvillosum
Allium spathaceum
Allium chamaemoly
Allium subhirsutum
Allium linearifolium
Allium niveum
Flora
Entry for ALLIUM subhirsutum L. [family ALLIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ALLIUM subhirsutumL. [family ALLIACEAE], (1753).
Information
Bulb globose to ovoid-oblong. Leaves linear, to 50 cm long, ciliate. Umbel few- to many-flowered, without or occasionally with a few bulbils; peduncle 10–60 cm long; spathe 1, persistent, to 25 mm long; pedicels 10–40 mm long. Flowers subcampanulate; tepals spreading, 5–8.5 mm long, the outer slightly wider than the inner. Filaments simple. Capsules subglobose, 3–6 mm in diam. Seeds c. 2.5–3.5 mm long.
