Allium desertorum is a species of onion found in Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt (including Sinai).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families It is a small bulb-forming perennial; flowers are white with purple midveins along the tepals.Forsskål, Pehr. 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica 72. in LatinDanin, 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.Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
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External links photo of herbarium specimen, isotype of Allium desertorum