Common name:
Rosy garlic
Family:
Scientific name:
Allium roseum
Main flower color:
Range:
Southern England, especially coastal regions of the far southwest. An introduced species, from the Mediterranean area
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Cliffs, fields, waste ground
Flowers:
The six tepals are pale to dark pink with a darker pink midstripe, while the six stamens, similar or shorter in length, have tapering light pink filaments and relatively large yellow anthers. Flowers are attached by slender green pedicels and subtended by several (more than two) papery bracts, similar in length to the pedicels. The inflorescence also includes bulbils, initially white, maturing to red-purple
Leaves:
Flat, unkeeled, grass-like, with smooth edges; withering early
Season:
April to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
