Allium guttatum subsp. sardoum (Moris) Stearn

Taxonomy: Fam. Amaryllidaceae// Genus: Allium// Species: Allium guttatum Steven// Subspecies: Allium guttatum subsp. sardoum (Moris) Stearn. 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).

Lifeform: Perennial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to the Mediterranean region – Southern Europe to Turkey, North Africa according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Dry and open habitats- grasslands, pastures, sparse shrubland vegetation, rocky terrains, river gorges.

Flowering period: Early summer : JUN, JUL.

References:

Allium guttatum subsp. sardoum. The Euro+Med PlantBase. 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=143931&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 12.03.2022].

Allium sardoum Moris. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528795-1 [Accessed 12.03.2022].

Allium L. Stearn, W.T. in 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, pp. 49 – 69.

Last update: 28.12.2022.