Allium amethystinum

Round-headed leek; Aglio ametistino
	Allium amethystinum 'Red Mohican'
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Allium
Species:	A. amethystinum
Binomial name
	Allium amethystinum; Tausch
Synonyms
	Allium rollii A.Terracc.; Allium segetum Jan ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. rollii (A.Terracc.) K.Richt.; Allium stojanovii Kov.;

Allium amethystinum is a plant species native to Italy, Greece, Turkey, Sicily, Crete, Malta, Albania, Bulgaria, and the former Yugoslavia, and cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.^[2] It is one of several species that horticulturalists refer to as "drumstick onions" because of the tight spherical "knob" of flowers at the top, resembling a drumstick.^[3]^[4]

Allium amethystinum has a single bulb. Leaves are tubular, withering before flowering time. Flowers are reddish-purple, the tepals barely opening at flowering time, remaining wrapped around the ovary and filaments so that only the anthers and stigma are exposed.^[5]^[6]

References

^ The Plant List
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Altervista, Schede di Botanica, Allium amethystinum
^ Pacific Bulb Society, Milwaukie, Oregon USA. Drumstick onions
^ Ignaz Friedrich Tausch. 1828. Syll. Ratlb. ii. 256.
^ "Malta Wild Plants, Round-headed leek". Archived from the original on 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2014-03-28.

[1] The Plant List

[2] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[3] Altervista, Schede di Botanica, Allium amethystinum

[4] Pacific Bulb Society, Milwaukie, Oregon USA. Drumstick onions

[5] Ignaz Friedrich Tausch. 1828. Syll. Ratlb. ii. 256.

[6] "Malta Wild Plants, Round-headed leek". Archived from the original on 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2014-03-28.

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