''Allium pallens'' is a species of

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native to the

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Description

''Allium pallens'' produces a single egg-shaped bulb. Scape is up to 50 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are long, narrow, and fleshy. Flowers are bell-shaped, some

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while others in the same

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erect, the

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white or pale purple with prominent green or purple midveins.Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, ''Kalabotis pallens''

Taxonomy

''A. paniculatum'' is placed within section ''Codonoprasum'', subgenus ''Allium''. There is some degree of uncertainty with regards to the relationships of taxa within the section.

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gives ''A. pallens'' as an accepted name, but The

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (usually abbreviated to WCSP) is an "international collaborative programme that provides the latest peer reviewed and published opinions on the accepted scientific names and synonyms of selected plan ...

treats it as a subspecies of '' Allium paniculatum'', ''Allium paniculatum'' subsp. ''pallens'' (L.) K.Richt. Furthermore a number of synonyms listed in The Plant List, such as ''Allium sternii'', are treated as separate species by The World Checklist. Taxa formerly includedKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> * ''Allium pallens'' var. ''grandiflorum'', now called '' Allium litardierei'' * ''Allium pallens'' var. ''pseudooleraceum'', now called ''

Allium oleraceum ''Allium oleraceum'', the field garlic, is a Eurasian species of wild onion. It is a bulbous perennial that grows wild in dry places, reaching in height. It reproduces by seed, bulbs and by the production of small bulblets in the flower head (sim ...

'' * ''Allium pallens'' var. ''savii'', now called '' Allium savii'' * ''Allium pallens'' subsp. ''siciliense'' , now called '' Allium lehmannii'' * ''Allium pallens'' subsp. ''tenuiflorum'' , now called '' Allium tenuiflorum''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5669354 pallens Garden plants Plants described in 1762 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus