Allium moschatum

Allium moschatum is a Eurasian species of wild onion with a range extending from Spain to Iran.^[2][1]

Fly garlic
Allium moschatum illustration from Les liliacées (1805) by Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Polyprason
Species:	A. moschatum
Binomial name
Allium moschatum L. 1753 not d'Urv. 1822 nor Moris 1827 nor Sint. ex Regel 1875
Synonyms[1]
Species synonymy Allium capillare Cav. Allium cupani Guss Allium moschatum var. borzhomicum Miscz. ex Grossh. Allium setaceum Waldst. & Kit. Scorodon moschatum (L.) Fourr.

Allium moschatum is a bulb-forming perennial. Flowers are born in umbels on top of thin, wiry scapes rarely more than 15 cm tall; tepals white with a thin but prominent purple midvein.^[3]

It usually grows in clearings of bushes, dry pastures and stony environments.^[4]

Formerly included^[1]

• Allium moschatum var. brevipedunculatum, now called Allium korolkowii
• Allium moschatum var. dubium, now called Allium korolkowii