Allium decipiens is a Eurasian species of garlic in the amaryllis family native to eastern Europe and western Asia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFritsch, R.M., Blattner, F.R. & Gurushidze, M. (2010). New classification of Allium L. subg. Melanocrommyum (Webb & Berthel.) Rouy (Alliaceae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Phyton: Annales Rei Botanicae 49: 145-320.Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
Allium decipiens has a spherical bulb. The Scape can go up to 100 cm tall. The leaves are flat and linear-lanceolate. The Umbel is hemispherical with many flowers crowded together. The Tepals are whitish with a dark green midvein. The Ovary is green.Roemer, Johann Jakob & Schultes, Josef August. 1830. Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 1117.
subspecies Allium decipiens subsp. decipiens - Ukraine, European Russia, Western Siberia, Altay Krai, Caucasus, Turkey Allium decipiens subsp. quercetorum Seregin - Crimea, northwestern Caucasus
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