''Allium ericetorum'' is a species of

onions An onion (''Allium cepa'' L., from Latin ''cepa'' meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus ''Allium''. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion ...

widespread across much of southern and central

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, from

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ''Allium ericetorum'' is a perennial herb growing from a bulb. Scape is up to 50 cm tall, round in cross-section.

Umbel In botany, an umbel is an inflorescence that consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) that spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs. The word was coined in botanical usage in the 1590s, from Latin ''umbella'' "p ...

is hemispherical, with 15-45 bell-shaped white flowers.

Stamens The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

are longer than the

tepals A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of very ...

, with brown anthers. Ovary is green.Zahariadi, Constantine. 1966. Flora Republicii Socialiste România. ucurestiEditura Academiei Republicii Populare Române 11: 238. as ''Allium ochroleucum'' subsp. ''pseudosuaveolens''

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q945449 ericetorum Onions Flora of Europe Plants described in 1803 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus