Small yellow onion facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Small yellow onion |
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Allium
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flavum
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List
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. |
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Allium flavum, the small yellow onion 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 France + Morocco to Iran + Kazakhstan.
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. The Latin species epithet flavum means "yellow", referring to its flower colour. 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.
Varieties and subspecies
Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World Checklist
- 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
See also
In Spanish: Allium flavum para niños
