Allium Hermoneum

Habitat and ecology

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.

Identification

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

Snapshot

A small bulb of the tragacanth vegetation belt of Mt Hermon | Hermon, 1900 m. | Photo © Ori Fragman-Sapir
Mt Hermon, 2200 m | Photo © Ori Fragman-Sapir 27/08/2019 Mt Hermon, 2200 m | Photo © Ori Fragman-Sapir
Mt Hermon, 2200 m | Photo © Ori Fragman-Sapir

Taxonomy

Superdivision:Spermatophyta
Division:Angiospermae
Class:Monocotyledoneae
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Allium

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