Allium guttatum

Allium guttatum, spotted garlic, is a species of wild garlic native to Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, the Balkan Peninsula, the Aegean Islands, Turkey, Cyprus, Romania, and Ukraine (including Crimea).^[2] Described in 1809, by 1819 it was being cultivated in British gardens as an ornamental.^[3]

Allium guttatum
Allium guttatum tepals have spots
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Allium
Species:	A. guttatum
Binomial name
Allium guttatum Steven[1]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted:^[2]

• Allium guttatum subsp. dalmaticum (A.Kern. ex Janch.) Stearn
• Allium guttatum subsp. guttatum
• Allium guttatum subsp. kartalkayaense Yild.
• Allium guttatum subsp. sardoum (Moris) Stearn
• Allium guttatum subsp. tenorei (Parl.) Soldano