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 | |
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| Allium guttatum tepals have spots | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Allium |
| Species: | A. guttatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium guttatum | |
Subspecies
editThe 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
References
edit- ^ Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 2: 173 (1809)
- ^ a b "Allium guttatum Steven". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Miller, Phillip (1834). Miller's Dictionary of Gardening, Botany, and Agriculture. London: Orr and Smith. p. 142.