Allium Hermoneum

The native range of this species is Syria to Lebanon (Mt. Hermon). It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

This plant for described in 1977 as a subspecies of Allium albotunicatum by Fania Kolmann and Avi Shmida. In 2007 it was separated as a distinct species by Brullo et al. The species is characterized by bulblets on its lower stem and by straw coloured flowered with much exerted anthers.

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