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Amaryllidaceae

Allium carmeli

Boiss.

Leb. Syr. Pal.

Allium carmeli Boiss.

(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 1, Pl. LXXXIX nº 3; 1966)


  • Life‑form & habit : Robust, deep‑rooted mountain onion; solitary, erect scape may reach or exceed 1 m, giving the plant a tall, graceful aspect.

  • Bulb : Ovoid, wrapped in fairly thick, white membranous tunics, only slightly wider than the scape that follows it.

  • Stem : Rigid, straight, glabrous, carrying foliage along its first third.

  • Leaves : 3 – 4 per plant, linear, long, folded and shallowly channelled, shorter than the stem; both sheath and blade hispid on both faces with soft, backward‑pointing hairs.

  • Spathe : Two to three ovate valves that taper to a point; valves are shorter than the umbel and split early.

  • Inflorescence : Many‑flowered hemispherical umbel, 3 – 5 cm across. Pedicels nearly equal, brown, three to four times longer than the individual flowers.

  • Perianth : White, 5 – 7 mm long; tepals lanceolate, obtuse, concave and without evident mid‑veins.

  • Stamens & style : Filaments slightly exceed the perianth; anthers elliptic, attached at mid‑length; style stout and clearly exserted.

  • Flowering period : May – June.

  • Habitat : Deep, well‑developed soils on lower mountain slopes.

  • Native range : Endemic to the Levant—recorded in Lebanon between Tyre and Jouaya, Kfar Houné near Jezzine, Kafr ʿAqab near Baskinta, Machghara and ʿAytanit, and in neighbouring Palestine.

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