Allium flavum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Allioideae
Tribus: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Sectio: A. sect. Codonoprasum
Species: Allium flavum
Subspecies: A. f. subsp. flavum – A. f. subsp. ionochlorum – A. f. subsp. tauricum
Varietates: A. f. var. minus – A. f. var. pilosum
Name

Allium flavum L., 1753
Synonyms

Cepa flava (L.) Moench
Codonoprasum flavum (L.) Rchb.
Kalabotis flavum (L.) Raf.

Homonyms

Allium flavum Salisb., nom. illeg. = Allium moly subsp. moly

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Krym, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Continental: Africa
Algeria, Morocco
Continental: Asia-Temperate
East Aegean Is., Iran, Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 298. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Allium flavum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Allium flavum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sep 04. Reference page.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Gelber Lauch
English: yellow onion
suomi: Rikkilaukka
français: Ail jaune

Allium flavum, the small yellow onion[4] or yellow-flowered garlic,[5] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium. A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from France + Morocco to Iran + Kazakhstan.[6][7]
Contents

1 Description
2 Varieties and subspecies
3 References
4 External links

Description

Allium flavum produces one bulb, and a scape up to 40 cm tall. The Umbel contains bright yellow, bell shaped flowers with a pleasing scent.[8][9][10][11][12] The Latin species epithet flavum means "yellow", referring to its flower colour.[13] It flowers between June and July and is hardy to USDA zones 4 to 8.[4]

In cultivation in the UK, Allium flavum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[5]
Varieties and subspecies

Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World Checklist[3]

Allium flavum subsp. flavum - Turkey, central + southern Europe
Allium flavum subsp. ionochlorum Maire - Algeria, Morocco
Allium flavum var. minus Boiss. - Turkey
Allium flavum var. pilosum Kollmann & Koyuncu - Adana Province in Turkey
Allium flavum subsp. tauricum (Besser ex Rchb.) K.Richt - Middle East, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, European Russia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan

References

Holubec, V.; Uzundzhalieva, K.; Vörösváry, G.; Donnini, D.; Bulińska, Z.; Strajeru, S.; Eliáš, P. (2011). "Allium flavum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172140A6835455. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
The Plant List
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Ellen Spector Platt Garlic, Onion, and Other Alliums, p. 150, at Google Books
"RHS Plantfinder - Allium flavum". Royal Horticultural Society. 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium flavum
Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium flavum, Fragrant Yellow Onion
Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 298-299
Soó von Bere, Károly Rezső. 1971. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Budapest. 16(3-4): 365, as Allium flavum var. adriaticum
Priszter, Szaniszló. 1972. Botanikai Közlemenyek. Budapest 59(1): 46, as Allium flavum f. bulbilliferum
Allioni, Carlo. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii ii. 157., as Allium paniculatum
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, as Kalabotis flavum
Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 258, at Google Books