Allium papillare is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.[1] It is a wild onion found in sandy areas in southern and eastern Israel and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.[2] It is a small bulb-forming perennial; flowers have white tepals with purple midveins.[3][4][5]
| Allium papillare | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. papillare
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium papillare | |
References
edit- ^ "Allium papillare Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum 13: 27.
- ^ Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
- ^ Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.