Allium hirtovaginatum

Allium hirtovaginatum is a species of wild onion native to the Mediterranean region, ranging from Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia to the Balearic Islands, Italy, southern Greece, southern and western Turkey, and Cyprus.^[1][3][2]

Allium hirtovaginatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. hirtovaginatum
Binomial name
Allium hirtovaginatum Kunth (1843)
Subspecies[1]
Allium hirtovaginatum subsp. hirtovaginatum Allium hirtovaginatum subsp. samium Brullo, Pavone & Salmeri
Synonyms[2]
Allium cupani subsp. anatolicum Stearn Allium cupani var. hirtovaginatum (Kunth) Halácsy Allium cupani f. hirtovaginatum (Kunth) Vindt Allium cupani subsp. hirtovaginatum (Kunth) Stearn Allium moschatum d'Urv. 1822, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 Allium pisidicum Boiss. & Heldr.

Allium hirtovaginatum produces an egg-shaped bulb. Scape is up to 50 cm, round in cross-section, thin and flexible. Leaves are very thin and hair-like. Umbel has only a few flowers. Flowers bell-shaped, the tepals white with dark purple midvein. Ovary is covered with long hairs.^[4][5][6]

Two subspecies are accepted.^[1]

• Allium hirtovaginatum subsp. hirtovaginatum – northwestern Africa, Balearic Islands, Italy, southern Greece, southern and western Turkey, and Cyprus
• Allium hirtovaginatum subsp. samium Brullo, Pavone & Salmeri – Samos in the eastern Aegean