Allium polyanthum

Allium polyanthum, called the many-flowered garlic, is a Mediterranean species of wild onion native to Spain, France, Italy, Morocco, and Tunisia.^[2] It is widely cultivated for its edible and potently aromatic bulbs and foliage.^[3]

Many-flowered garlic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Allium
Species:	A. polyanthum
Binomial name
Allium polyanthum Schult. & Schult. f.
Synonyms[1][2]
Synonymy Allium ampeloprasum subsp. polyanthum (Schult. & Schult.f.) O.Bolòs & al. Allium multiflorum DC. Allium porrum subsp. polyanthum (Schult. & Schult.f.) Jauzein & J.-M.Tison Allium rotundum var. multiflorum Nyman Allium rotundum var. polyanthum (Schult. & Schult.f.) Asch. & Graebn.

Allium polyanthum produces an egg-shaped bulb, often with small bulblets around the base. Scape can be up to 80 cm tall. Leaves are flat and broadly linear, tapering at the tip. Flowers are numerous and small, white or pink.^[4][5][6]