Taxonomy: Fam. Amaryllidaceae// Genus: Allium// Species: Allium sphaerocephalon L.// Subspecies: Allium sphaerocephalon L. subsp. sphaerocephalon. 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 to Canary Islands, Europe (except the north), Mediterranean to Caucasus according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Lifeform: Perennial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Habitatat: Open dry terrains- dry grassland, hill pastures, clearings and edges of forests.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.
Allium sphaerocephalonsubsp. sphaerocephalon– habit in habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalonsubsp. sphaerocephalon– developing inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalonsubsp. sphaerocephalon– inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalonsubsp. sphaerocephalon– inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.04.07.Allium sphaerocephalonsubsp. sphaerocephalon– inflorescence with two-valved spathe. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.2021 Allium sphaerocephalonsubsp. sphaerocephalon– inflorescence with two-valved spathe. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalonsubsp. sphaerocephalon– stem with leaf sheath. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon – habitat. Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani. 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon – habit. Osogovo Mountains, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon – developing inflorescence. Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon – inflorescence. Osogovo Mountains, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon – inflorescence. Osogovo Mountains, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon – flowers. Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon – inflorescence with two-valved spathe. Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon – developing inflorescences. Specimens from Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020 Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon – inflorescences. Specimens from Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020 Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon – stems with leaves. Specimens from Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020 Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon – developing inflorescences. Specimen from Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020 Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon: inner stamens with tricuspidate fillaments (A), outer stamens (B) and flowers (C). Specimen from Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020 Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Osogovo nature 