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24th Sept 2009, a garden, Swinton, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Grows up to half a metre in length. |
24th Sept 2009, a garden, Swinton, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Does not form a full 4π steradian globular cluster, but rather less than a hemisphere, perhaps only π steradians. |
24th Sept 2009, a garden, Swinton, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
With six white petals (actually tepals), and unusually, not arranged in two rows of three partially over-lapping tepals typical of many garlics, but in a six-sided star similar to those of some other white-flowered Garlics Ramsons (Allium ursinum) and Hairy Garlic(Allium subhirsutum). |
24th Sept 2009, a garden, Swinton, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Six stamens shorter than the tepals. A central green central ovary expands as the flower matures. |
24th Sept 2009, a garden, Swinton, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Pollen is yellow-coloured; anthers that have lost their pollen are fawn-coloured, becoming grey. The central fruit enlarges as the tepals drop off (central lower). |
24th Sept 2009, a garden, Swinton, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
The three-lobedcentral fruit enlarges as the tepals drop off. |
24th Sept 2009, a garden, Swinton, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
The fruit possibly contains three seeds (or perhaps 6?). |
24th Sept 2009, a garden, Swinton, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaves are long and linear and keeled for stiffness. The flower stems are isosceles triangle in cross-section. |
18th April 2014, Guernsey. | Photo: © Maryline Calabrin |
18th April 2014, Guernsey. | Photo: © Maryline Calabrin |
Many similarities to : Slight resemblance to : Ramsons (Allium ursinum) but that is much shorter and has broad lanceolate leaves rather than long linear ones. A garden plant that sometimes escapes into the wild mainly in the South of the UK. It is native to Southern Europe including Italy (Naples); it is also native to South Africa. The above photos possibly correspond to one of the garden sub-species, such as Allium neapolitanum ssp. philippi or Allium neapolitanum ssp. grandiflorum which are probably taller than the half-metre of Allium neapolitanum itself.
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