Allium flavum, the small yellow onionEllen Spector Platt or yellow-flowered garlic, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium. A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from areas like France and Morocco to Iran and Kazakhstan.Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium flavumDave's Garden Plant Files, Allium flavum, Fragrant Yellow Onion
Description Allium flavum produces one bulb, and a scape up to 40 cm tall. The umbel contains bright yellow, bell shaped flowers with a pleasing scent.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 298-299Soó von Bere, Károly Rezső. 1971. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Budapest. 16(3-4): 365, as Allium flavum var. adriaticumPriszter, Szaniszló. 1972. Botanikai Közlemenyek. Budapest 59(1): 46, as Allium flavum f. bulbilliferumAllioni, Carlo. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii ii. 157., as Allium paniculatumRafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, as Kalabotis flavum The Latin species epithet flavum means "yellow", referring to its flower colour.Archibald William Smith It flowers between June and July and is hardy to USDA zones 4 to 8.
In cultivation in the UK, Allium flavum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Varieties and subspecies Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World ChecklistKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Allium flavum subsp. flavum - Turkey, central + southern Europe Allium flavum subsp. ionochlorum Maire - Algeria, Morocco Allium flavum var. minus Boiss. - Turkey Allium flavum var. pilosum Kollmann & Koyuncu - Adana Province in Turkey Allium flavum subsp. tauricum (Besser ex Rchb.) K.Richt - Middle East, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, European Russia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan
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