Allium subvillosum, the spring garlic, is a European and North African species of wild onion native to southern Iberia, the Balearic Islands, Sicily, northern Africa (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and the AzoresAltervista Flora Italiana, Aglio subvilloso, Allium subvillosumMaire, René Charles Joseph Ernest. 1935. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 26: 121. Allium album var. purpurascensViviani, Domenico. 1824. Flora Libycae Specimen 19, Allium chamaemolyMaire, Réné Charles Joseph Ernest. 1926. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord. Algiers xvii. 124, hybr., Allium humbertiiRegel, Eduard August von. 1875. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 3(2): 249. Allium subhirsutum var. canarienseBonnet, Edmond & Barratte, Jean François Gustave 1896. Exploration Scientifique de la Tunisie. Catalogue Raisonné des Plantes Vasculaires de la Tunisie 414, Allium subhirsutum var. vernaleFlores Silvestres del Mediterráneo, Allium subvillosum where it might be introduced.
Allium subvillosum is a bulb-forming perennial up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are long and narrow, with long white hairs clearly visible to the naked eye. Umbel is hemispherical, with 15-20 flowers on long pedicels. Flowers are white with yellow anthers.Josef August Schultes & Julius Hermann Schultes. 1830. Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 1104.Ball, John. 1879. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 16: 691
formerly includedKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Allium subvillosum var. clusianum, now called Allium subhirsutum
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