Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum (G. Don) Bonnier & Layens

Taxonomy: Fam. Amaryllidaceae// Genus: Allium// Species: Allium carinatum L.// Subspecies: Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum (G. Don) Bonnier & Layens. The classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010).

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et. al, 1980).

Distribution: Native from France to Balkan Peninsula and Romania according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010).

Lifeform: Perennial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Habitat: Grаsslands, pastures,  clearings and edges of forests.

Flowering period: Summer: AUG.

Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – scape with inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – scape with inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – scape. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – bulb. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – habit during fruiting. Osogovo, Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – capsule. Osogovo, Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – capsule. Osogovo, Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – habit in habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – scape and leaf sheath. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – bulb. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – habit in habitat (left) and habit (right). Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – stems with inflorescences. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – inflorescence. Specimen found in the region of “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020, Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – flowers. Specimen found in the region of “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020, Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum – ovaries. Specimen found in the region of “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020, Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum. The Euro+Med Planbase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=41863&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 12.03.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Last update: 30.12.2022.

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