Allium amethystinum, Tausch

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 67

96. A. amethystinum Tausch , Syll. Pl. Nov. Ratisbon. (Königl. Baier. Bot. Ges.) 2: 256 (1828)

( A. descendens auct., non L., A. segetum Jan ex Schultes & Schultes fil. , A. stojanovii Kovatschev ).

Bulbs T5-2cm in diameter, subglobose; outer tunics membranous; bulblets absent or few, yellowish. Stem 20-120 cm, often reddish in upper part. Leaves 3-7, up to 50 cm x 8 mm, linear, fistular, canaliculate, sheathing the lower of the stem, usually withered at anthesis. Spathe 2-7 cm, 1 -valved, longbeaked, caducous. Umbel 2-5-6- 5 cm in diameter, subglobose, many-flowered; pedicels 10-25 mm at anthesis, the central ones sometimes up to 50 mm in fruit, often reddish. Perianth cylindrical; segments purple, the outer 3-4- 5 x 1-1-8 mm, narrowly oblong or oblong-elliptical, usually longer and narrower than the inner, obtuse or truncate, smooth. Stamens exserted, ciliate below; outer 3 filaments 4-5-6 mm, simple, the inner 3 with the basal lamina slightly wider than the inner segments and shorter than or equalling the central cusp, the lateral cusps 1 | or more times as long as the central cusp. Capsule c. 4 mm. 2n = 16, 24, 32. Cultivated ground and rocky places. C. & E. Mediterranean region, extending to S.E. Bulgaria. Al Bu Cr Gr It JuSi.