Allium Parciflorum
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''Allium parciflorum'' is a plant species known only from the islands of
Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
and Sardinia in the Mediterranean. It is common at all elevations on those two islands but unknown elsewhere. ''Allium parciflorum'' has egg-shaped bulbs. Scape is up to 25 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are thin and tubular, about the same length as the scape but withering before flowering time. Umbels have very few bell-shaped flowers. Tepals are white to pale lavender with prominent dark purple midveins. ''Allium parciflorum'' is closely related to ''
Allium lojaconoi ''Allium lojaconoi,'' common name Maltese dwarf garlic, is a species of wild garlic endemic to the Republic of Malta in the Mediterranean. The species was first described in 1982 by Salvatore Brullo, E. Lanfranco and Pietro Pavone. It is clos ...
'', endemic to Malta.Salvatore Brullo, E. Lanfranco, Pietro Pavone. 1982. ''Allium lojaconoi'' sp. nov. e sue affinita con ''Allium parciflorum'' Viv. Webbia 35(2): 295–306.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15522547 parciflorum Onions Flora of Corsica Flora of Sardinia Plants described in 1824