Allium acutiflorum

Aglio occidentale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. acutiflorum
Binomial name
	Allium acutiflorum; Loisel.

Allium acutiflorum is a plant species in the amaryllis family native to northwestern Italy (Liguria) and to southeastern France (including Corsica).[1][2][3]

Allium acutiflorum has a single spherical bulb. Scape is up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are linear, tapering toward the tip, up to 15 cm long. Umbel is spherical, with about 40 flowers. Tepals are purple with a darker purple midvein.[3][4]

References

IUCN (2010). "Allium acutiflorum: Draper, D., Branca, F. & Donnini, D." IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2011-1.rlts.t172077a6836475.en.
"Allium abbasii". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
"Allium acutiflorum [Aglio a fiori acuti]". luirig.altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-05-13.
Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Jean Louis Auguste (1809). Journal de botanique, rédigé par une société de botanistes (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Chez Gabriel Dufour et Compagnie. p. 279.

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[1] IUCN (2010). "Allium acutiflorum: Draper, D., Branca, F. & Donnini, D." IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2011-1.rlts.t172077a6836475.en.

[2] "Allium abbasii". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2016-05-13.

[:0-3] "Allium acutiflorum [Aglio a fiori acuti]". luirig.altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-05-13.

[4] Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Jean Louis Auguste (1809). Journal de botanique, rédigé par une société de botanistes (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Chez Gabriel Dufour et Compagnie. p. 279.