Allium chrysantherum

Sarıkafa

Bulb ovoid or globose, to 4 cm diam. Stem 50-80 cm. Leaves 6-8, linear-lorate, 5-30 mm broad. Spathe 3-4-valved; valves apiculate, reflexed, persistent. Umbel hemispherical, 3-5 cm diam., many-flowered, dense. Pedicels to 3 cm, slender. Perianth of outer flowers yellowish or greenish, of inner ones purple or all flowers yellowish or greenish; segments linear-subulate, 2.5-4 mm, soon reflexed and contorted, scarcely visible at end of anthesis. Filaments thick, fleshy, yellow or purple, triangular-lanceolate, inner ones broader than outer. Anthers golden-yellow or dark purplish-green, 1.5-2 mm. Ovary green or black. Capsule 5-6 mm. Fl 5-6. Steep terra rossa banks, among Quercus infectoria and Juniperus, grassy places, fields, 800-2150 m.

N. Syria, N. Iraq, W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.