Allium moschatum

Allium moschatum is a Eurasian species of wild onion with a range extending from Spain to Iran.[2][1]

Fly garlic
Allium moschatum illustration from Les liliacées (1805) by Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. moschatum
Binomial name
Allium moschatum
L. 1753 not d'Urv. 1822 nor Moris 1827 nor Sint. ex Regel 1875
Synonyms[1]

Allium moschatum is a bulb-forming perennial. Flowers are born in umbels on top of thin, wiry scapes rarely more than 15 cm tall; tepals white with a thin but prominent purple midvein.[3]

Formerly included[1]

References

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