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Checklist of ornamental Allium species and cultivars currently offered in the trade compiled by Reinhard M. Fritsch, Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung Gatersleben, Germany (Deadline of the manuscript: 20 December 2014, published in the Internet at 15 March 2015) Contents Introduction, explanations Alphabetical list of species, hybrids and intraspecific taxa Alphabetical list of named cultivars Complete names for subgenera and sections References 1 3 40 63 64 General introduction Though Allium species and cultivars constitute only a small part of the huge diversity of the commercially available bulb plants, Allium is one of the largest genera of monocots and is disreputable for a complicated taxonomic structure. The different taxonomies currently still in use are partly referring to the last Allium monograph of Regel (1875; about 260 accepted species with about 260 synonyms, Nothoscordum, Nectaroscordum and Caloscordum included in Allium, 6 sections and many unnamed subdivisions). During 50 years after Regel's monograph (till 1925) about 375 valid Allium species were newly described, but Krause (1930) mentioned only about 280 species for Allium (excl. Nothoscordum and Caloscordum) contributing thus to the then existing confusion. In the next period up to 1990, again about 400 valid species were described, and Stearn (1992) accepted about 750 species for Allium (excluding Nothoscordum, Nectaroscordum and Caloscordum). After 1990 till 2014, again 235 species and intraspecific taxa were newly described, and at the end of 2014 the number of accepted Allium species exceeded 930 (excluding Nothoscordum but including Nectaroscordum, Milula, and Caloscordum; Kew World Checklist). This seems a realistic estimation against the background of more than 1700 known Allium synonyms. Allium species are known since ancient times. The early reports known focus on species used by man as spices, vegetables, and medical plants. Common onion, garlic, rakkyo and some more own world-wide or at least continent-wide importance as cultivated plants, others are only regionally and locally cultivated, or are collected in the wild for consumption. Characterizing chemical compounds in Allium plants are polysaccharids (mainly fructans), polyphenols, saponins, and especially several compounds of the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine whose enzymatic degradation products are responsible for most of the medical, olfactory, and taste properties of the consumed plant parts. Other compounds contribute to the remarkable tonic properties of some species (Keusgen & Fritsch 2008). The different amounts of chemical compounds are responsible for the often strong and extremely varying odor and taste of different Allium plants. Only some species of subg. Melanocrommyum may be nearly odorless. Allium plants exhibit a wide range of different phenotypes, many of them with high ornamental value. One can assume that also the ornamental value of many Allium species was known since ancient times, and some of them entered the ornamental and medical garden plots much earlier than in medieval times when some inventories mentioned Allium species. Already in pre-Linnean times a few Allium species were scientifically recognized from cultivated specimens, a practice still more evident in later centuries when botanical gardens and other research collections were established. If a species was described from garden plants, this does not automatically present evidence for being already present in many gardens and offered in the trade at the very time when described. During the last two decades, rather many ornamental Allium species and cultivars were introduced into the bulb trade, and the checklist of the Dutch Royal Bulbgrowers Association (KAVB 1991) is outdated now. There was also much progress in the classification of Allium, and the "classical" affiliation of species to a handful of sections was replaced by a much more detailed classification. Therefore the modern affiliation of species is added, that also includes information about genetic relationships. About this list This list of ornamental Allium species and cultivars presents about 250 species (plus c. 50 synonyms and spelling variants, and c. 20 hybrids and intraspecific taxa), and 240 cultivars. It was compiled using recent catalogues (printed ones and in electronic form), and other kinds of offers of plant and bulb traders. These sources were especially analyzed for ornamental properties. Species and cultivars solely offered as vegetables, spice or medical plants were ignored, but those with dual use including ornamental characters were accepted. The formulations marking this borderline were sometimes diffuse, and thus there was a visible subjective influence. Catalogues of botanic gardens and of societies of plant enthusiast were not considered because such institutions and the members of those organizations intend to complete own collections and not to broadcast plants of ornamental value. Species and after them the cultivars are arranged in alphabetical order. The contents of most columns was copied from the sources used and unites different information in many cases -- too often single sources delivered incomplete or contradictory (separated by a slash) information. These data were not completed from taxonomic sources like Floras because cultivated plants may have been selected for morphological and physiological characters rarely met in wild plants. In those cases one or several column fields remained void for a certain item. The "origin" column mentions the offspring of a cultivar or the source of the material distributed in the trade (not the natural area of distribution of a species!) as far as available in the sources. Horticultural assessments (like "A.M." = Award of Merit), it was added to the column "Use" if suitable information was found. The column "Remarks" contains mainly additional information selected by the compiler, "very rarely offered" means found in 1-2 catalogues, "rarely offered" in 3-5 catalogues. The column "Classification" presents the affiliation to subgenera and sections according to Friesen et al. (2006), Khassanov et al. (2011, 2013), Fritsch et al. (2010), and Fritsch (2012) accepting 15 subgenera and about 80 sections. Also this classification is still under discussion and represents no more than an contemporary approach to a natural classification. Despite former Allium classifications used sections in a much wider sense (sensu lato = s. lat.) including also species separated in other groups today, nomenclatural rules order these sections (and also a few subgenera) to remain in use. Commonly they comprise today less species (they are applied in the narrow sense = sensu stricto = s. str.). Therefore these additions were given where necessary. The taxonomic identity of the species and cultivars listed could not be checked, but the compiler intended to use orthographically correct binomina and author names according to the present rules of the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants. Botanically undescribed names used in catalogues were marked by the author name "hort." (= hortorum, of gardens). The compiler changed scientific names only in those cases when it seemed him unavoidable in cases of clear errors, but expressed his doubts about correct names in some more cases. It remains a matter of opinion whether a plant seller is responsible for the correct as possible naming of botanical species and of photos accompanying the offer -- is an (perhaps only orthographically) incorrect name generally an important fault of these goods, or only clear mis-identifications? Also in these cases the borderline is diffuse … No doubt that botanical gardens and other research or teaching collections are subject to more strict rules regarding correct determinations and botanical names. Cultivar names affiliated in this list may be registered trademarks being subject to restricted commercial use. 2 List of species, hybrids, and intraspecific taxa Taxon Allium acuminatum Hook. syn. A. murrayanum Regel Allium acutiflorum Loisel. Allium aflatunense B. Fedtsch. (in the strict sense) Flowering period Leaves 1-2, shorter than the 10-15 May? July / / 30 cm scape, heads 5-7 cm with spring few/12-30 bright pink to reddishpurple / deep rose to white flowers, tepals gracefully curling outward and tapering into a sharp tip S. France Scape 40 cm, dense umbels up to Early 5 cm in diam. with large pink summer flowers Chatkal mountain range, Scape 1.2 m, umbel dense, Kyrghyzstan flowers bright violet Origin Allium akaka auct., non A. akaka S.G. Gmel. ex Schult. & Schult. f. s. str. Allium alaicum Vved. Specific characters Leaves 1-2, broad thick, greenJune / grey, scape 5-15 cm, umbel loose, summer hemispherical, flowers cream to pinkish / lilac, tepals recurved, after bloom starry Near Fergana town, Uzbekistan Leaves much shorter than the 30- spring70 cm scape, with long reflexed summer hairs, umbel hemispherical, manyflowered, fairly lax, flowers light violet / greenish pink, tepals with darker veins, later reflexed and twisted 3 Use Remarks Classification Herbaceous beds, rock gardens 1949 A.M. Already cultivated in the 1880ies (as A. murrayanum) subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. Rock gardens Rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Allium Herbaceous beds Very rarely offered. Aflatun is no Iranian province but a valley and pass in Kyrgyzstan from which the name was deduced. A. aflatunense of bulb trade: see A. hollandicum Rock gardens This name was used for different taxa sharing a low stature, broad short leaves, and dense, semiglobose umbels with pink flowers. Judging from the pictures in some catalogues, A. akaka s. str. was not offered in the bulb trade, but most often A. subakaka Sunny position and An inconspicuous and short-living excellent drainage, long species, very rarely offered summer dormancy subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Acmopetala subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Acanthoprason subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Acmopetala Taxon Origin Allium albidum Fischer Synonym of A. ex Bieb. (incl. subsp. denudatum caucasicum (Regel) Stearn Allium albopilosum Synonym of A. cristophii C.H. Wright Allium alexeianum Regel Allium allegheniense Small Allium altaicum Pallas Allium altissimum Regel Zaamin, Turkestan Leaves 1-3, elliptic blue-green, Range, and Astara Soru, longer than the 10-25 cm scape, Uzbekistan head loose, pedicels unequal, flowers star-like, tepals greenish white with purple mid-vein, finally stiff and spiky Flowers very deep rose E Kopet-Dag, Turkmenistan Allium altyncolicum N. Shore of Lake TeletsFriesen syn. A. koe, S Siberia, Russia ledebourianum hort. Allium amabile Stapf Specific characters Flow. period Use May ? June / Rock gardens, dry springbouquets summer / June - July Remarks Most bulb trader firms include it as synonym only, rarely offered separately This name is sometimes used subg. Melanocrommyum instead of A. nevskianum sect. Kaloprason Similar to A. cernuum and commonly regarded as its synonym Scape 12-70 cm, umbel dense, June Sunny beds Leaves and bulbs are commonly many-flowered, flowers yellowish August eaten, but thick-leafed forms own ornamental value in springtime Similar to A. stipitatum, but leaves May - June / Herbaceous beds, solitary The separation from A. stipitatum hairless, 3-6 cm wide, green, spring plants, cut flowers, dry is problematic because all scape 90-120 cm, head denser, bouquets morphological transitions occur flowers deep carmine-violet with darker mid-vein Leaves thick, scape 40-60 cm, June Herbaceous beds and The photo of A. schoenoprasum umbel dense, pedicels green, borders 'Major' (sarastro-stauden.com flowers large, glossy, filaments 2014) looks identical roughly as long as tepals Plants with small rhizomes and July - August Rock gardens and This species is sometimes regarthick storage roots, leaves thread- / summer - borders ded as synonym of A. mairei like, scape 10-20 cm, erect, umbel autumn loose, flowers few, large, narrow, deep pink to red 4 Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason subg. Cepa sect. Cepa subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Cyathophora sect. Coleoblastus Taxon Allium amethystinum Tausch Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Antalya area, S Turkey Scape 30-120 cm, shriveled at May - August flowering time, umbel many/ early flowered, dense, flowers purple / summer purplish-pink, rather tubular Allium ampeloprasum Leaves flat linear, keeled, with May? June Herbaceous beds, cut L. rough margin, scape 40-100 (180) (July) / July - flowers, forcing cm, head globose, very dense, August flowers urn-shaped, tepals papillose, pink or violet to purple or white, anthers and long thread-like side teeth of inner filaments exserted Allium ampeloprasum Scape 100-140 cm June - July Cut flowers, dry bouquets var. babingtonii (Borrer) Syme Allium amphibolum Leaves 2-3 per scape, 3-5 mm × June - July Sunny and well drained Ledeb. 10-20 cm, scape 30-40 cm, dense places heads c. 4 cm in diam., flowers pinkish-lilac, anthers protruding Allium amplectens Torr. Walker Ridge, N Coast Leaves narrow, shorter than the (April) May ? Rock gardens Range, California (NWS 20-50 cm scape, umbel subglo- June 98-07) bose, many white to pinkish flowers Allium anceps Kell. Carson Range, 2 leaves twisting around the 15-20 California cm long scapes, large umbels of whitish to pale pink, greenishveined flowers with carnation fragrance, stamens exserted Allium angulosum L. Leaves narrowly linear, below July - August Rock gardens and sharply edged, scape two-angled, / to herbaceous borders 20-45 cm, umbel semi-globose, September flowers pink / pale purple, tepals as long as filaments 5 Remarks Classification Nowadays cultivars like 'Forelock' subg. Allium sect. Allium are preferably offered The spice and vegetable crops Kurrat, Tareh, Pearl onion, and Leek are cultivar groups of this species subg. Allium sect. Allium Rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Reticulatobulbosa subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. Rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. Taxon Allium armenum Boiss. & Kotschy Allium aschersonianum Barbey Allium atropurpureum Waldst. & Kit. Allium atrorubens S. Watson var. cristatum (S. Watson) McNeal Allium atroviolaceum Boiss. Allium austroiranicum R.M. Fritsch Allium azureum Ledeb. Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Inflorescence lax, hemispherical Well drained sunny spots with purple-pink bell shaped flowers on long, slightly nodding stalks, tepal with a diffuse, central dark stripe Leaves linear-lanceolate, scape February ? Herbaceous beds, cut (30) 60-80 cm, umbel semiApril, / Juni - flowers, potted plants, globose, flowers red-purple / August forcing violet-pink Leaves smooth, lanceolate, scape June / - July Herbaceous beds and 60 / 80-100 cm, umbel finally semiborders, cut flowers globose, dense, flowers star-like, tepals narrow, light to deep purple / maroon-purple White Mountains, Calif. Leaf single, lax umbels on 5-10 cm long scapes, flowers per 2-3 dozens, narrowly campanulate, palest pink with dark rose mid-vein Leaves flat, keeled, scape 60-120 July / Small plantings for dry (180) cm, head very dense, glob- summer borders and herbaceous ose, flowers small, tuberculate, beds. white, pink, or blackish-violet to blackish-purple, anthers and elongated side teeth of inner filaments exserted Kuh-e Pashmanu, Iran 2-3 sage-green, glaucous, curled Open spot with good (SLIZE 98-216) leaves, scape somewhat longer, drainage in full sun, loam umbel large open globular, flowers based soil or compost white or purple-red, tepals pale purplish, narrow with purple vein, anthers orange-pink Synonym of A. caeruleum 6 Remarks Rarely offered Classification subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. Introduced as ornamental bulb plant in the first decades of 20th cent. subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium May become a noxious weed from subg. Allium sect. Allium myriads of side bulblets Very rarely offered, also under the subg. Melanocrommyum wrong names A. akaka and A. sect. Acanthoprason haemanthoides Taxon Origin Specific characters Allium backhousianum Fergana ridge, Alai Leaves large, broad, scape 120Regel syn. A. mountain range, 140 cm, heads dense, flowers gulczense B. Fedtsch., Kyrgyzstan slightly greenish or yellowish also wrongly written A. white, tepals up to 15 mm, gultschense narrowly triangular Allium baissunense Baisun-tau range, Leaves 3-5, short, 10 cm wide, Lipsky syn. A. caspium Uzbekistan (ARJA-9832) with glaucous bloom, already dry subsp. baissunense at anthesis, scape 50-60 cm, (Lipsky) F.O. Khass. & flower head lax up to 20 (even 35) R.M. Fritsch cm diam., tepals of greenish-straw color, stiff, non-fading Allium balansae Boiss. Turkey (BATM-225) Umbels hemisperical, flowers campanulate, deep rose-purple Allium barsczewskii Akbulak valley, Bulb tunics reticulate, leaves Lipsky Uzbekistan (RKMPnarrowly linear, scape 30-60 cm, 8295) umbels fascicular, with few, campanulate, white or pink to carmine flowers Allium beesianum W China (KGB-306) Leaves linear, keeled /sheathing W.W. Sm. half or 1/3 of scape, scape 20-45 cm, umbel small, fascicular / hemispherical, pendent, flowers few / 6-12, tepals up to 13 mm long narrowly ovate, light blue / to purplish blue Allium bisceptrum S. Mahagony Mts., Oregon Heads open, 2.5-5 cm on 15-22 Watson (NWS 01-03) cm scape, flowers turned-up, tepals narrow, reddish, dry purple Allium bolanderi S. Clamath ranges in Scape 15-20 cm, umbel loose with Watson "var. mirabile" California long pedicels, flowers urn-shaped, tepals red-purple with tapered and reflexed tips and dull silvery sheen to the outer surface Flow. period Use May? June - Solitary plants for July herbaceous beds, cut flowers Sunny sites, loamy soil; annual lifting and good drainage is essential Pots and small rock gardens June? July / Borders and rock early summer gardens, cut flowers Remarks Rarely offered Classification subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Acmopetala Very rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Kaloprason Very rarely offered subg. Polyprason sect. Scorodon s. str. subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Campanulata Most often cultivars are offered July ? August Rock gardens and borders, sunny places and partial shades 1982 A.M. 2012 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit 7 subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Sikkimensia Rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Taxon Allium brandegeei S. Watson Origin Mt. Bennett hills in Idaho, USA Allium brevicaule Boiss. S Turkey E Gaziantep & Balansa Allium brevistylum S. Watson Allium breweri S. Wats. Synonym of A. falcifolium Allium bulgaricum Synonym of A. siculum (Janka) Prodán Allium burdickii (Hanes) A.G. Jones Allium caeruleum Kirghizian Alatau near Pallas syn. A. azureum Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Ledeb. Allium caesium Schrenk syn. A. urceolatum Regel Allium callidyction C.A. Mey. Allium callimischon Link Specific characters Flow. period Use 2 narrowly falcate leaves extend the large, spherical inflorescence, flowers white to rose Scape 5-10 cm with rose flowers in Rock gardens umbels 1.5-2.5 cm in diam. Plants about 45 cm high and up to Early to late Mixed borders 30 cm wide; with showy very pale summer purple flowers Remarks Very rarely offered Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum subg. Amerallium sect. Caulorhizideum Makes cushions 60 cm high and Early to mid 20 cm in diameter, flowers white summer Leaves three-angled, smooth, June - July / scape 30-60(100) cm, very dense summer heads of intensely blue, small flowers, filaments with two short basal side teeth Like A. caeruleum but leaves June / semi-cylindrical, coarse, scape 30- summer 80 cm, flowers bluish-grey to skyblue Mixed borders Very rarely offered Hot and dry borders and beds, cut flowers, forcing, dry bouquets 1993 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit Dry borders and rock gardens, cut flowers, dry bouquets 2002 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit Sunny spots, pots Already in cultivation in the 1870ies Leaves thread-like, scape 15-20 cm, flowers few, narrowly campanulate, elegant, slightly pinkish with purplish mid-vein Scape 10 cm (tall form 35 cm), covered by leaf sheathes, umbel lax, flowers few, small, whitish or pale pink with distinct brown or reddish mid-vein August September ? Hot dry spots of rock October / gardens autumn 1976 A.M. 8 Very rarely offered subg. Anguinum sect. Anguinum subg. Allium sect. Caerulea Introduced as ornamental bulb plant in the first decades of 20th century subg. Allium sect. Caerulea Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Brevispatha subsp. haemostictum Stearn: subg. Allium sect. flowers dark red spotted with pale Brevispatha mid-vein Taxon Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Remarks Allium campanulatum N Sierra Nevada range, Scape 5-15 cm with loose heads Rarely offered S. Watson California (NWS 98-15) of brightest purple flowers Allium canadense L. Leaves early sprouting and Mid to late Mixed borders Also used for consumption; very remaining green till autumn, inflo- spring variable, often with many aerial rescences small, ± lax with rather bulblets large, rose to pinkish flowers Allium candolleanum Turkey (LST-301) Scape 30-40 cm tall, umbel very Very rarely offered Albov compact with short pedicels, tepals pure white, wide Allium cardiostemon Mt. Varden ridge and Mt. Leaves narrowly linear, scape 30- June Rock gardens and Rarely offered Fisch. & C.A. Mey. Aragats, Armenia 50 cm, heads dense, flowers small, borders blackish-purple (often with strong unpleasant odor), filaments purple with broad heart-shaped base Allium carinatum L. Scape 30-60 cm, umbel about 30- Summer Rock gardens and May become invasive by aerial subsp. carinatum flowered, loose and with numerous borders bulblets; very rarely offered bulbils, flowers dark purple or 1958 A.M. violet Allium carinatum L. Romania Leaves narrowly linear, ribbed, June ? July Rock gardens and Introduced as ornamental bulb subsp. pulchellum (G. scape 20-60 cm, spathe with 2 (August) herbaceous borders plant in the first decades of 20th Don) Bonnier & Layens long appendages, umbel 1993 R.H.S. Award of century. syn. A. pulchellum G. fascicular, loose, pedicels Garden Merit May become invasive by selfDon, A. cirrhosum pendent, after bloom upright, seeding Vand. flowers ovate, pink to violet with long exserted anthers Allium carolinianum Leaves rather broad, short, with Juni Rock gardens, sunny Rarely offered DC. glaucous bloom, scape 30 cm, borders, pots inflorescence globular 2.5 - 3 cm in diam., flowers pink, scented Allium caspium (Pallas) Leaves large, glaucous, scape June Well drained and dry Not found in recent catalogues M. Bieb. stout, 20-35 cm, head large, loose, places of rock gardens, pedicels unequal, flowers pinkish, excellent for dry bouquets triangular-campanulate, filaments pink to lilac, very long exserted 9 Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum subg. Polyprason sect. Falcatifolia subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Kaloprason Taxon Allium cassium Boiss. var. hirtellum Boiss. Origin Allium cepa L. Allium cernuum Roth syn. A. oxyphilum Wherry Allium chamaemoly L. Allium chelotum Synonym of A. grande Wendelbo Allium chinense G. Don Allium chloranthum Boiss. Allium chlorotepalum R.M. Fritsch & M. Jaeger Allium christophii Allium chrysonemum Stearn Specific characters Flow. period Use Scape 30 cm, umbel hemispherical with up to 20 white flowers with yellowish green centre, tepals wide with thin soft green midrib Scape hollow, 50-80 cm, flowers white with green stripe, bulbs varying in size, color, and shape Leaves linear, scape 2-angled, July ? August Cooler spots of rock (15)30 - 60 cm, spathe recurved, / summer gardens and borders, dry umbel broad, loose / 30 - 40bouquets flowered, pedicels pendent, after 1948 A. M. bloom bent upwards, flowers pink to white, anthers strongly exserted Leaves rosette-like, as the few March Pots, needs winter flowered umbels of white star protection under glass shaped flowers just on soil surface Scape 28-30 cm, umbel hemiAutumn spherical, loose, up to 18-flowered, flowers light violet Near Gaziantep, Turkey Similar to A. flavum, but umbel Mid summer denser and flowers with intense greenish tinge, stamens equaling perigone length Hunsan, Iran (SLIZE- Leaves 2, broad, glaucous, scape 095) 20 - 25 cm, inflorescence dense, subspherical to spherical, flowers star-like, tepals green to deep pink, filaments distinctly reddishpurple collared Incorrect spelling of A. cristophii 10 Remarks Looks similar to A. subhirsutum Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. Worldwide cultivated crop plant, owns ornamental properties in anthesis Very variable species subg. Cepa sect. Cepa Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Chamaeprason subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason Crop plant with ornamental value, subg. Cepa sect. not found in any recent catalogue Sacculiferum Rock gardens, needs good drainage Rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Needs full sun in a well- Very rarely offered, also under the subg. Melanocrommyum drained loamy soil with a wrong name A. minutiflorum sect. Acanthoprason dry summer rest The spelling 'cristophii' was conserved in 2001 Not found in recent catalogues subg. Polyprason sect. Scorodon s. str. Taxon Allium circinnatum Sieber Crete Origin Specific characters Scape 5 - 18 cm, umbel 2 - 5flowered, flowers white with pink mid-veins Flow. period Spring flowering Use Allium cirrhosum Vand. Synonym of A. carinatum subsp. pulchellum Allium cneorum hort. ? A name of no botanical standing, possibly a synonym of A. obliquum Allium coeruleum Incorrect spelling of A. caeruleum Allium colchicifolium NE Turkey 2 wide leaves, scape ~30 cm, Boiss. umbel large hemispherical, tepals wide, white, ovaries black Allium convallarioides Leaves 4-5, scape 40 - 60 cm, May -June Good drainage is Grossh. flowers creamy white, anthers only essential slightly emerging Allium coryi M.E. Jones Plants up to 30 cm high and 20 cm Early to late Mixed borders wide, with showy vividly greenish - spring yellow flowers Allium cowanii Lindl. Synonym of A. neapolitanum Olympic Mt., Clallam Leaves 2, flattened, falcate, scape April - June / Co., WA, USA (NWS 00- 5-8 cm with hemispherical, few- summer 26) flowered umbel, flowers pink / tepals broad with deeper pink midrib Allium crispum Greene Scape 10-30 / 10-15 cm, umbel Summer many-flowered / with some 5-10 comparatively big, widely cupshaped, deep rose-purple flowers, inner segments with crisped margins Allium crenulatum Wiegand 11 Alpine house, needs gravelly soil to ensure good drainage, sunny spot Ensure good drainage Remarks Rarely offered Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. Very rarely offered, unclear whether it is the true species subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. Based on herbarium specimens, but the cultivated strains differ remarkably Very variable species, rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Rarely offered, also treated as A. subg. Amerallium sect. peninsulare Lemmon var. crispum Amerallium (Greene) Jepson Taxon Allium cristophii Trautv. syn. A. albopilosum C.H. Wright Origin Allium cupani Raf. Allium cupuliferum Regel Allium cyaneum Regel syn. A. purdomii W.W. Smith Allium cyathophorum Bur. & Franch. var. farreri (Stearn) Stearn syn. A. farreri Stearn Allium cyrilli Ten. Nura-Tau range, Uzbekistan Specific characters Flow. period Use Remarks Classification Leaves linear, long white-hairy, June? July / Striking in herbaceous The pale silvery-brownish subg. Melanocrommyum scape (15) 30 - 60 (90) cm, head summer borders and beds, flowering subsp. golestanicum sect. Asteroprason very loose, 20-30 cm in diam., floexcellent for dry bouquets R.M. Fritsch is not offered hitherto wers large, star-like, tepals brow1901, 1912 & 1950 A.M. nish or silvery-pink to deep-purple, 1993 R.H.S. Award of lanceolate, after bloom stiff and Garden Merit spiky Plants 10-25 cm high, umbel May - June Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. nearly conical with 5-15 Brevispatha campanulate, pink to white flowers Leaves 1-2, lanceolate, bluish May Rock gardens, dry For many years, A. lipskyanum subg. Melanocrommyum green, prostrate, scape flexuous, borders, cut flowers was sold under this name; very sect. Regeloprason 20-30 cm, pedicels upwards rarely offered curved, unequal, umbel broadly fascicular, loose, flowers funnelshaped, deep pink Leaves thread-like, scape thin, July ? August Rock gardens and subg. Reticulatobulbosa flexuous, 15-25 (40) cm, umbel / summer borders sect. Sikkimensia few-/15-18 flowered, fascicular to 1993 R.H.S. Award of semi-globose, flowers cobalt-blue / Garden Merit to purplish, with darker blue or green mid-veins, anthers long exserted Dense cushions, roots thick, (May) June? Rock gardens and not too May become invasive by selfsubg. Cyathophora sect. leaves narrowly linear, keeled, July dry borders seeding Cyathophora scape 2-angled, 20 - 30 cm, umbel fascicular, initially pendent, flowers long, deep pink to purple violet, filament bases cup-shaped united Leaves lanceolate, smooth, scape Mid May Small plantings for Very rarely offered, sometimes A. subg. Melanocrommyum 30-80 cm, umbel fascicular to June herbaceous beds, cut senescens s. lat. is offered under sect. Melanocrommyum semi-globose, flowers whitish to flowers, with strong this name (michaelcamphausen.de s. str. yellowish-green or pinkish, petals carnations-like odor 2014) narrow with darker mid-vein, reflexed, filaments long, fleshy, conical 12 Taxon Origin Allium daghestanicum Grossh. Allium darwasicum Varzob valley, Tajikistan Regel (RM-8274) Specific characters Flow. period Use Remarks Classification Leaves fine, thread-like, scape 20 August Very rarely offered subg. Polyprason sect. - 45 cm, flowers pinkish-white Oreiprason Leaves coarse, narrowly mid May Dry rock gardens and Rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum lanceolate, scape 30-60 cm, umbel June herbaceous borders, cut sect. Regeloprason fascicular to semi-globose, dense, flower with pleasant flowers funnel-shaped, dirty white hyacinth-like fragrance or greenish yellow with darker midvein Allium dasyphyllum Kirghizian Alatau, Usually one leaf up to 1 cm wide Good drainage is Inconspicuous species, only once subg. Melanocrommyum Vved. Kyrgyzstan and very densely and long essential offered sect. Acmopetala pubescent, scape up to 35 cm, flowers light greenish pink Allium davisiae M.E. Scape 15-20 cm long, heads large, Moist soil through the Also treated as A. lacunosum var. subg. Amerallium sect. Jones flowers white with purple midwinter and spring, drying davisiae (M.E. Jones) McNeal & Amerallium veins, inner tepals lanceolate and by early summer Ownbey shorter, outer tepals broadly ovate Allium decipiens Fisch. Near Stavropol, Russia Leaves narrowly lanceolate, scape May - June Herbaceous borders and South Siberian species like A. subg. Melanocrommyum smooth, 30 - 50 (80) cm, heads beds, cut flowers tulipifolium were formerly included sect. Decipientia semi-globose to subglobose, in A. decipiens; very rarely offered flowers pale pinkish-violet Allium decipiens subsp. Crimean mountains, Scape 40 - 50 / 60 cm, umbels May - June Very rarely offered; differs from the subg. Melanocrommyum quercetorum Seregin Ukraina dense spherical, flowers almost typical subspecies by a rose sect. Decipientia white with slight lilac tint and spathe, larger leaves, denser umdarker midrib bel, and longer tepals Allium denudatum F. Leaves narrowly linear, flat, scape June - July Herbaceous borders, rock subg. Rhizirideum s. str. Delaroche syn. A. 10-30 cm, umbel semi-globose, gardens sect. Rhizirideum s. str. albidum Fischer ex M. lax, flowers yellowish-cream to Bieb. subsp. albidum whitish ± reddish flushed and subsp. caucasicum (Regel) Stearn Allium derderianum Tochal, Alburz range, Flowers whitish with purplish Very rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum Regel Iran shaded midrib sect. Acanthoprason 13 Taxon Allium diabolense (Traub) McNeal Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Remarks San Benito Mts., Leaves solitary, tubular, scape up Rarely offered California (NSW03-27) to 25 / 5-10 cm long bearing a fewflowered, dense umbel with 20-30 cup-shaped whitish flowers, tepals with pink mid-vein Allium dichlamydeum Leaves equaling the 10-30 cm Needs protection from hot Rarely offered Greene scape, umbel hemispherical, fewafternoon sun to many-flowered, flowers clear 1984 A.M. pink / rose-purple with 3 tepals rolled into a tube about 1 cm long Allium dioscoridis Sibth. Synonym of A. siculum & Sm. Allium dolichostylum Sarimar Mts. between Scape 50-60 cm, flower heads Mid summer Very rarely offered Vved. Shurab and Sairob, semi-globular, dense, flowers Tajikistan (ARJA 9822) nicely pinkish Allium douglasii Hook. Blue Mts. in Oregon Leaves large, erect, sickle-shaped, Rock gardens and Rarely offered "subsp. douglasii" 5-7 cm heads on 25 cm scape, herbaceous borders flowers pink, vase-shaped with narrow tepals and exserted anthers Allium dregeanum Wuppertal, near Doring Scape 50-60 cm, umbel dense, Early July Herbaceous borders Only once offered Kunth River, Cape province, S flowers fairly large, widely Africa campanulate, soft pink Allium drepanophyllum Shurab, Baisun-tau, Leaves sickle-shaped, scape 35Herbaceous borders Rarely offered Vved. Uzbekistan (ARJA-9843) 45 cm with loose umbels of slightly brownish-purple flowers Allium drummondii Leaves narrowly linear, scape 10- June / spring Rock gardens and Regel syn. A. nuttallii 30 cm, umbel rather loose, herbaceous borders S. Watson fascicular, several-flowered, tepals pink to white Allium egorovae M.V. Small plants with large globose Only once offered Agab. & Ogan. flower heads, tepals rounded, whitish, filaments bicolored white with a red upper half 14 Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Rhophetoprason subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Campanulata subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Campanulata subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Acanthoprason Taxon Allium elatum Regel Allium elburzense Wendelbo Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Remarks Synonym of A. macleanii Still used in some catalogues Near Tochal, Iran 2 broadly elliptic leaves almost at Also wrongly offered under A. (SLIZE 98-018) and ground level, scape 10-15 cm, inflpseudobodeanum R.M. Fritsch & Elburz range (SLIZEorescence large, dense, globose, Matin, and A. derderianum 011) flowers star-like, whitish with purplish shaded midrib or lilac violet Allium elmendorfii M.E. Early to mid Mixed borders Only once offered Jones ex Ownbey spring Allium ericetorum Flowers white to crème July Rarely offered Thore September Allium eriocoleum Kurama range, Leaves densely pubescent, scape May - June Rocky spots in full sun Very rarely offered; similar and Vved. Uzbekistan (ARJA-0053) 40-50 cm, umbel globose 5-7 cm closely related to A. scabriscapum in diam., flowers yellow, starry Allium erubescens K. Iran Scape 30-40 cm, flower head Mid summer Rock garden, needs good Very rarely offered Koch small but very dense, flowers drainage beautiful pink Allium eusperma Airy Leaves arrow-like persisting till October Moist half shady or shady Only once offered Shaw autumn spots in a humus rich soil Allium falcifolium Hook. Leaves linear, falcate, scape flat, May ? June / Rock gardens and & Arn. winged, 5-12 / 20-30 cm, umbel summer/ herbaceous borders, pots fairly dense, flowers large, urn June - July shaped, tepals recurved, deep pink to white Allium farreri Stearn Synonym of A. cyathophorum var. farreri Allium fetisowii Regel Chu-Ili mountains, Leaves lanceolate, smooth, scape May - June Small plantings in Rarely offered Kazakhstan (RSK-7717) 40 - 50 cm, heads smaller, dense, herbaceous borders, cut flowers deep pink to pinkish-lilac, flowers inner filament bases widened with narrow side teeth 15 Classification subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Asteroprason subg. Amerallium sect. Rhophetoprason subg. Polyprason sect. Daghestanica subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Scabriscapa subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Allium sect. Pallasia subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Longibidentata Taxon Allium fibrillum M.E. Jones ex Abrams Allium fimbriatum S. Wats. var. fimbriatum Allium fimbriatum S. Wats. var. purdyi (Eastw.) Ownbey ex McNeal Allium fistulosum L. Origin Blue Mountains, Washington, USA Specific characters Flow. period Two thread-like leaves surpass the short scape, inflorescences 3 cm wide, flowers small, tepals white with green midrib San Jacinto Mts., Calif. The cylindrical leaf twists and curls (NWS 03-37) around the base of the 1-10 cm long scape, heads spherical with up to 24 urn-shaped flowers, tepals bright purple with whitish center, tips strongly reflexed Inner Coast range, Calif. Leaves tubular, scape 10-15 cm, (NSW 03-38) umbels open, 7-8 cm with 36-48 flowers, tepals slightly shorter and flowers more bell-shaped, pale rose to lavender with darker midvein Scape 12-70 / 60 cm, umbel Summer / many-flowered, very dense, May - June flowers yellowish-white Use Allium flavellum Vved. Varzob gorge, Tajikistan Umbels spherical, loose, flowers Late summer Greenhouse narrowly campanulate, yellowish- / June white Allium flavescens Bess. Relative of A. denudatum with often larger scape and yellowish flowers Allium flavum L. Leaf blades semi-cylindrical, May ? June, / Rock gardens and sunny glaucous or deep green, scape 15- July borders 60 cm, spathe with 2 strongly Introduced as ornamental elongated tips, umbel lax, pedicels bulb plant in the first unequal, flowers small, pendent, decades of 20th century, tepals lemon yellow to golden, 1929 A.M. 1993 R.H.S. obtuse, filaments long exserted Award of Garden Merit 16 Remarks Very rarely offered Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium subg. Amerallium sect. Rhophetoprason subg. Amerallium sect. Rhophetoprason Much cultivated in East Asia (meanwhile sometimes also in Europe) as vegetable and spice plant with moderate ornamental value subg. Cepa sect. Cepa Very rarely offered subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Campanulata Recently also the offspring of subg. Allium sect. crosses with related small species Codonoprasum are offered under A. flavum having bright yellow to lilac, reddish, and even whitish flowers Taxon Origin Allium flavum L. subsp. tauricum (Besser) K. Richt. Allium flavum var. minus Boiss., also named 'Minor' or var. nanum hort., var. pumilum hort. Allium fragrans Vent. Synonym of Nothoscordum borbonicum Allium geyeri S. Abajo Mts., Utah, USA Watson syn. A. pikeanum Rydb., A. rubrum Osterh. Specific characters Scape 30-40 cm, flowers bright yellow to lilac Flow. period Use Remarks July - August Sunny, well drained sites, Rarely offered excellent in pots Classification subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Scape only 5-12 cm, umbels smaller May ? / June Rock gardens in a sunny, well-drained site, pots subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Bulb with long fibrous coat and pink roots, leaves slender, scape 15-50 / 25-30 cm, umbel 10-25flowered, lax, flowers pink to white / small, "waisted", pinch-nosed pink Allium giganteum Regel Leaves large, dull, scape dull, smooth, 100-150 cm, head extremely dense becoming 2-3 times larger during bloom, flowers broadly cup-shaped to star-like, tepals obtuse, pink to purple Allium glandulosum Rhizomatous plants with grassLink & Otto like, narrow leaves, scape 60 cm, inflorescence a loose umbel with rather few maroon or whitish flowers Allium goodingii Apache Co., Arizona, Rhizomatous plants, scapes Ownbey USA flattened, 30 cm, umbel conical with 15-20 reddish-pink flowers Allium grande Lipsky Kuh-e Abr, Alborz range, Narrowly elliptic, shiny green syn. A. chelotum Iran leaves, scape 60-100 cm with Wendelbo large ball heads of pink to light purple, long-lasting flowers Spring / mid- Very tolerant to moist and Three botanical varieties are subg. Amerallium sect. summer dry conditions accepted, commonly offered is var. Amerallium chatterleyi S.L. Welsh June - July / Solitary plants in herba- Introduced as ornamental bulb spring ceous beds, cut flowers; plant in the first decades of 20th long-lasting bloom century subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Compactoprason August September Sunny, very well drained Only once offered spots, self-distributing by long stolons subg. Amerallium sect. Rhophetoprason Sunny places and partial Rarely offered shade, in moderately wet soil Easy in a well drained, Rarely offered sunny spot subg. Amerallium sect. Caulorhizideum 17 subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Decipientia Taxon Allium griffithianum Boiss. Origin Sarimar Mts. near Shurab, Uzbekistan (ARJA-9842) Specific characters Flow. period Scape 10-30 (50) cm with Spring / early hemispherical, dense, ± manysummer flowered umbels, pedicels of different length, flowers light fleshpink with darker mid-veins Allium grisebachii hort. A name of no botanical standing, perhaps a synonym of A. altyncolicum Allium gulczense O. Synonym of A. Fedtsch. backhousianum; A. gultschense is an incorrect spelling form Allium guttatum Steven Near Petrovac, Height 60-90 cm, umbels dense 4- May - August subsp. dalmaticum (A. Montenegro 5 cm in diam. with cylindrical, pink Kern. ex Janch.) Stearn to violet-pink flowers Allium guttatum subsp. Ioannina, N. Greece Leaves thread-like, height 50-70 July - August sardoum (Moris) Stearn cm, head compact c. 5 cm across, flowers creme with green to pink stripe, scented Allium gypsaceum Baissun Mts., SW Scape 15 - 20 cm, umbel dense Early Popov & Vved. Uzbekistan (ARJA-9836) globose, flowers 1 cm long, summer narrowly cup shaped, dull crimson / straw-colored, tepals bright purple both on mid-veins and along margins Allium haematochiton Rhizomatous plants, leaves pale S. Watson green, scape 15-25 / 35 cm, inflorescence compact spherical, pedicels short, tepals broadly elliptic, white with pale rose mid-vein Allium heldreichii Boiss. Mt. Olimpos, Greece Scape 30 / 40-60 cm with a dense umbel of very large, cup-shaped pink flowers 18 Use Remarks Only once offered Classification subg. Allium sect. Avulsea Only known from pictures presented by hessenhof.nl (2014) Rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Allium Rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Allium Rock garden, pots, needs Very rarely offered good drainage and prolonged summer dormancy Rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Popovia subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. Owns the superficial appearance subg. Allium sect. Allium of A. schoenoprasum Taxon Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Allium hirtifolium Boiss. Synonym of A. stipitatum Allium hirtovaginum Near Milosh, E Bodrum, Only 10-20 cm tall, flowers campa- Summer Pots, rock gardens Candargy Turkey nulate, purplish, on nicely arched pedicels Allium hissaricum Hissar range, Tajikistan Slender than A. winklerianum with Good drainage is Vved. fewer flowers, tepals remain rigid essential long after flowering Allium hollandicum R. Leaves lanceolate, ribbed, canali- (April -) May Borders and herbaceous M. Fritsch incorrectly culate, up to 6 cm broad, scape beds, excellent cut named A. aflatunense basally ribbed, 40-90 (120) cm, flowers heads subglobose, moderately 1948 A.M., 1995 R.H.S. dense, pedicels of equal length, Award of Garden Merit flowers pink to deep violet-purple, rarely white Allium hookeri Thwait. Synonym of A. muliense var. muliense Airy Shaw Allium howellii Eastw. Western transverse Scape stout, 30 cm tall, umbel Mixed borders var. clokeyi Ownbey & Ranges many-flowered, dense, flowers Aase ex Traub large, white, stamens exserted Allium huber-morathii near Cerkes, N Turkey Differs from similar A. carinatum Open confined areas in Kollmann, Özhatay & subsp. pulchellum by a thinner well drained soil, pots Koyuncu stature and smaller and slender, pink flowers becoming lilac suffused after anthesis Allium humile Kunth 4-6 lanceolate leaves, makes June Mixed borders, cut clumps 40 cm across and 40-50 August flowers cm high, umbel loose, fewflowered, flowers white, long anthesis Allium hyalinum Curran Sierra Nevada Scape 15-25 cm, umbels loose, Multiplies rapidly flowers white to pale pink 19 Remarks Classification Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Very rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Regeloprason A. hollandicum is the correct subg. Melanocrommyum species name for the different sect. Procerallium cultivars still often traded as A. aflatunense. The closest genetic relatives occur in the NW edge of Iran Only once offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Bromatorrhiza Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason Taxon Allium inconspicuum Vved. Origin Foothills E Tashkent, Uzbekistan Allium inodorum Aiton Synonym of Nothoscordum borbonicum Allium insubricum Boiss. & Reut. Allium isakulii subsp. nuratense Allium jajlae Vved. Rhizomatous plants, differ from A. June (? July) narcissiflorum by scape 15-30 cm, / May - June umbel permanently pendent with up to five large purple flowers Name was wrongly used for A. cupuliferum s.str. Crimea near Oreanda Scape medium high with dense and Simeiz, Ukraina umbels of purple upright flowers Allium jepsonii (Ownbey & Aase ex Traub) S.S. Denison & McNeal Allium jesdianum Boiss. & Buhse incl. subsp. angustitepalum (Wendelb) F.O. Khass. & R.M. Fritsch, syn. A. rosenbachianum auct. Allium jodanthum Vved. Ihnachsai, Uzbekistan Allium kansuense Regel Specific characters Flow. period Use Remarks Classification Closely related to A. barsczewskii Raised beds or pots, dry Rarely offered; the correct name is subg. Reticulatobulbosa but 2-3 times smaller, tepals summer rest is essential probably A. furkatii R.M. Fritsch sect. Campanulata muddy reddish-pink with deep purple median vein Synonym of A. sikkimense summer Scape 15-20 cm long, umbel open spherical, flowers white, narrowly campanulate, tepals with rose-red mid-vein Leaves narrowly lanceolate, scape May - June basally ribbed, 40-80 (100) cm, head subglobose up to 15 cm, moderately dense, flowers starlike, pink to violet, upper filament parts striking white Scape c. 40 cm, flower head compact, up-turned, tepals very bright reddish-purple, narrowly pointed 20 Rock gardens and borders 1993 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit subg. Amerallium sect. Narkissoprason Also treated as A. scorodoprasum subg. Allium sect. Allium subsp. jajlae (Vved.) Stearn or A. rotundum subsp. jajlae (Vved.) B. Mathew Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Herbaceous beds and This name is still often used subg. Melanocrommyum borders, small plantings, instead of A. rosenorum, but a few sect. Procerallium cut flowers, dry bouquets cultivars belong to subsp. angustitepalum Very rarely offered subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Campanulata Taxon Allium karataviense Regel Specific characters Leaves 1-2, thick, bluish green, reddish flushed / with red margins, scape flexuous 20-30 cm, head semi-globose finally globose up to 12 cm in diam., flowers crème to meat-colored or purplish with darker mid-vein, capsules with deeply incised tip Allium kazerouni Parsa Zardekuh, C Zagros Similar to A. jesdianum but twice range, Iran smaller, scape reaching 45 cm, leaves narrow, shiny green Allium kharputense Eikenek, Akdag range, Leaves undulated and twisted, Freyn & Sint. Turkey scape 30-45 cm, many-flowered umbels broadly fastigiate, up to 8 cm in diam., flowers white with blackish green or dark red ovary Allium kiiense (Murata) Very small plants, leaves needleHir.Takahashi & M. thin, 15 cm long, fleshy green, Hotta umbels with small, outfacing, lavender-purple flowers Allium komarovianum Mis-applied to the hort. cultivar 'Constellation', probably a hybrid of A. nutans Allium komarowii Lake Iskanderkul, and Foliage similar to A. karataviense, Lipsky Shing valley, Tajikistan scape 30-40 cm with dense heads (RKM-8231) of bright violet-purple flowers Allium kunthianum Mt. Hustup, Zangezur Plants 10 cm, flowers narrowly Vved. range, Armenia cup-shaped / tubular, bright pink Allium kunthii G. Don Origin White flowers Flow. period Use Remarks Classification May - June Rock gardens, herbace- Though formally described only in subg. Melanocrommyum (July) ous borders, pots, fruiting 1875, it was a well-known garden sect. Miniprason umbels for dry bouquets plant already in the 1880ies 1876, 1885 F.C.C. P. 1993 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit Very rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium Spring / May - June Rarely offered, true identity of these plants is not clear subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. Late October Rock gardens and November Only once offered, also treated as subg. Cepa sect. botanical variety A. virgunculae Sacculiferum var. kiiense Murata True A. komarovianum Vved. is related to A. chinense Late Rock gardens, pots flowering / mid summer Early summer Mixed borders to early fall 21 Rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Compactoprason Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Rhophetoprason Taxon Origin Allium kwakense (R.M. Rangon range, Fritsch) R.M. Fritsch Tajikistan syn. A. rosenbachianum subsp. kwakense R.M. Fritsch Allium lacunosum M.E. Jones var. lacunosum Specific characters Leaves rather erect, basally only slightly tapering, scape 1 m with 16-18 cm large spherical umbel and wine-red / pink flowers Flow. period 2 wiry curling leaves, umbel dense, pedicels very short, flowers campanulate, tepals glossy white with recurved tips, mid-vein translucent green later dark violet Allium ledebourianum Mt. Belukha, Altai range, Scape 70 - 90 cm, umbels fasci- June / May Schult. & Schult.f. Russia ? cular, pedicels blackish, flowers July bluish-lilac, filaments exserted Allium lemmonii S. California Scape 10 cm, umbels 5 cm, Watson flowers similar to A. anceps and A. platycaule, but petals broader, from palest pink to pale violet, dominating rose-pink Allium lenkoranicum Talish, republic Scape 30-40 cm, flowers pinkish- Very late / Miscz. ex Grossh. Azerbaijan brown on long thread-like pedicels July - August Allium libani Boiss. Anti-Lebanon range, Fairly dwarf, bulbous plants, leaSyria ves short, prostrate, scape short, umbel dense, held slightly above ground, flowers comparatively large, narrowly cup-shaped, greenish-white Allium lipskyanum Hissar range, Tajikistan Leaves narrow, canaliculate, May Vved. (RM-8266) scape 30-50 (80) cm, umbel initially very densely fascicular, later a very loose ovate head, flowers campanulate, pinkishcarmine with darker mid-vein Allium litvinovii Drobow SE Chatkal range, Scape 40 cm, tight umbels of ex Vved. Uzbekistan bright blue, violet veined flowers 22 Use Remarks Very rarely offered Classification subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Megaloprason s. str. Moist in winter and spring, Very rarely offered; three more subg. Amerallium sect. dry in summer botanical varieties are recognized Amerallium Herbaceous beds and borders The true species is rarely offered, subg. Cepa sect. because the name is also Schoenoprasum misapplied to A. altyncolicum Rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason Rock gardens, pots Very rarely offered Sunny spots with good drainage, dry period (lifting) in summer Herbaceous beds and borders, dry bouquets subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Very rarely the true species is subg. Melanocrommyum offered, name is also wrongly sect. Melanocrommyum applied to plants of the A. senes- s. str. cens group Very rarely offered; A. lipskyanum subg. Melanocrommyum is sometimes still sold under A. sect. Regeloprason cupuliferum Rarely offered, is the more violet subg. Allium sect. colored counterpart of A. caesium Caerulea Taxon Allium loratum Baker Origin W Pakistan Allium lusitanicum Lam. syn. A. senescens subsp. montanum (Fries) Holub, A. senescens of European authors Allium luteolum Amorgos Island in the Halácsy Cyclades, Greece Allium luteum hort. Allium lycaonicum Siehe ex Hayek Allium macleanii Baker syn. A. elatum Regel Allium macranthum Baker Allium macropetalum Rydb. Allium mairei Lév. syn. A. yunnanense Diels Synonym of A. moly N Anhorz, C Turkey Specific characters Flow. period Use Remarks Similar to A. giganteum and A. The botanical identity of these macleanii but 3 timers smaller in plants is not clear scape and leaf measures Like A. angulosum but leaf blades AugustHerbaceous borders, rock without sharp angles below, till 20 October / gardens, cut flowers cm, scape till 40 cm, umbel dense, summer1987 A.M. flowers (white to) deep pink to autumn purplish, filaments 1/5 longer than the tepals Usually just 5-10 cm tall, flowers Pots and containers, Very rarely offered small, lovely lemon to greenishshould be kept dry during yellow bells with yellow anthers the summer after only just protruding flowering Scape 40-50 cm tall, flowers very Summer dark but glossy blackish purple subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Very rarely offered; true identity of subg. Melanocrommyum these plants is not clear sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. A. macleanii has lanceolate subg. Melanocrommyum leaves, A. elatum much broader sect. Compactoprason ovate to ligulate leaves Like A. giganteum but leaves May ? June / Herbaceous beds, cut shorter and glossy green, scape springflowers only 60-100 cm, heads less dense, summer 1887, 1966 A.M. flowers pink to lilac, tepals cuspidate, filaments shorter exserted Small tufts, fleshy roots, leaves July ? August Borders, cool spots linear, scape angled, 25-40 cm, / summer / umbel lax, flowers 7-12, large, very late pendent, deep purple or white, ovary tip with conical outgrowths Flowers pink Early spring - Mixed borders Rarely offered mid spring Dense cushions, leaves thread- August ? Rock gardens and Rarely offered like, scape 10-15 / 10-40 cm, with September / borders, slightly shaded an umbel of up to 5 narrowly autumn / July place, not too dry during campanulate, large / stiffly erect - August summer flowers, tepals pink or white with red spots 23 Classification subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Compactoprason ? subg. Amerallium sect. Bromatorrhiza subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium subg. Cyathophora sect. Coleoblastus Taxon Origin Allium marschallianum Crimea, Ukraina Vved. Allium maximowiczii Regel Specific characters Flow. period Use More tiny than A. saxatile reaching September Full sun and good in flowering time 25 cm drainage Similar to A. schoenoprasum but April - May earlier flowering, 10-15 cm long scape with dense semi-globose umbels of lilac-pink flowers Allium meliophilum Juz. Crimea, Ukraina Scape 50-100 cm, umbel denser than A. siculum, flowers lilac or pale rose Allium membranaceum Northern Sierra Nevada Scape up to 30 cm, dense 5-7 cm Tolerates some shade, Ownbey ex Traub foothills, California heads, flowers lavender-pink with must be hold dry after (NWS 02-25) spreading elliptical tepals with flowering purple, lavender-pink "M" mark at the base, anthers rose-red, exposed, flower center with intricate markings, ovaries pale ringed Allium meteoricum Scape 15-20(30) cm with small June -July Rock gardens Heldr. & Hausskn. ex umbels (diam. 1-3 cm) of pink, Halácsy cylindrical flowers Allium microdictyon Kemerov district, Russia Height 50 cm, flowers yellowish Prefers woodland Prokh. white conditions, very vigorous Allium minutiflorum Name used instead of A. Regel chlorotepalum in some catalogues Allium moly L. syn. A. Leaves lanceolate, scape 15-35 June Rock gardens, luteum hort. cm, umbel loose, fascicular to herbaceous beds and Also offered as A. moly semi-globose, flowers large, borders, cut flowers, 'Luteum'. funnel-shaped, tepals yellow with forcing green mid-vein Allium monticola San Gabriel Mts., 1 cylindrical curling leaf, scape Davidson California very short, flowers rich violet, urnshaped 24 Remarks Only once offered Rarely offered Classification subg. Polyprason sect. Oreiprason subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum Very rarely offered subg. Nectaroscordum sect. Nectaroscordum Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Rhophetoprason Rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Brevispatha Allied to A. victorialis, very rarely offered Very rarely offered, true identity of the plants is unclear subg. Anguinum sect. Anguinum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Acanthoprason Introduced as garden plant probably in 17th cent. subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Taxon Allium muliense (Airy Shaw) F.T. Wang & Tang syn. A. hookeri var. muliense Allium multibulbosum Jacq. syn. A. nigrum auct. Allium murrayanum Regel Allium myrianthum Boiss. Allium narcissiflorum Vill. Allium neapolitanum Cyr. syn. A. cowanii Lindl. Origin Synonym of A. acuminatum N Antalya, Turkey Specific characters Flow. period Use Remarks Scape 60-70 cm with semiJune - July Grows in normal garden Only once offered globose small umbels, flowers pale soil yellow Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Bromatorrhiza Leaves linear-lanceolate, smooth, (March) April Herbaceous beds and scape 40-80 / 70-90 cm, umbel to June borders, cut flowers, dense, broadly fascicular up to 10 forcing cm across, flowers greenish-white to pink with greenish mid-vein, ovaries broad, glossy, greenishblack in anthesis Still often sold as A. nigrum. Already cultivated in the 1870ies subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. Height 50-70 cm, heads large, very dense, flowers c. 2 mm long Rhizomatous plants, leaves linear, July ? August Rock gardens, scape 20-40 cm, umbel fascicular, herbaceous borders, pot only initially pendent, flowers few, plants very large, pink to carmine Leaves linear-lanceolate, keeled, (February ?) / Rock gardens, scape 3-angled, 20-35 cm, umbel May / spring / herbaceous beds, cut loose, many-flowered, fascicular to April - May flowers, forcing semi-globose, flowers cup-shaped, pure white Flowers white Mid spring - Mixed borders early summer Scape 15 cm, umbels 5 cm, dense, flowers star-shaped, very light lavender (almost white) Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum subg. Amerallium sect. Narkissoprason Allium nevadense S. Wats. Allium nevii S. Watson syn. A. douglasii var. nevii (S. Watson) Ownbey & Mingrone Allium nevskianum Varzob gorge, Tajikistan Leaves long-ovate, bluish green, May - June Vved. ex Wendelbo (RM-8272, RK-8139) scape flexuous, 5-20 / 12-15 cm, head large, loose, flowers reddish to purple, tepals with dark mid-vein, weak and crumpled after bloom 25 Rock gardens, dry bouquets Already cultivated in the 1880ies Already cultivated in the 1880ies. subg. Amerallium sect. Probably several similar but gen- Molium s. str. etically different strains are cultivated, a careful study using molecular markers seems essential Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Rhophetoprason Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason Similar to and formerly not subg. Melanocrommyum separated from A. alexeianum; still sect. Kaloprason sometimes traded under that name Taxon Origin Specific characters Allium nevskianum × A. Spontan. hybrid selected Scape 40 cm, flowers like A. sarawschanicum by J. Ruksans (Latvia) nevskianum Allium nigrum L. s.str. Scape 80-120 cm, leaves linearlanceolate, often with bulbils on the tip or along the margin, inflorescence broadly fascicular, moderately dense, flowers bright pink with coarse, green ovaries Allium nutans L. Plants like A. senescens but leaves wider and spread out, scape strongly 2-angled, 30-60 cm, umbel pendent before bloom, flowers whitish to bluish lilac or purplish, inner filament bases widened with 2 rounded teeth Allium nuttallii S. Synonym of A. Watson drummondii Allium obliquum L. W Sajan Mts., Siberia Bulbs large, ovate, leaves many, flat, keeled, with telescope-like sheaths, scape 60-120 / 80-100 cm, head dense, hemi-spherical to almost spherical, small, flowers (greenish-)yellow, anthers long exserted Allium odorum L. Synonym of A. ramosum Allium olympicum Ilgaz Dag, Turkey Scape 20-25 cm, umbel very Boiss. dense, flowers of milder, more pinkish color than A. carinatum subsp. pulchellum Allium oreophiloides Zeravshan range, Leaves 2-3, thread-like, scape 5-9 Regel Tajikistan cm, umbel dense with 7-15 comparatively big, widely cupshaped, light pink flowers Flow. period August / summer Use Remarks Classification subg. Melanocrommyum Formerly A. multibulbosum was subg. Melanocrommyum named A. nigrum. The latter spe- sect. Melanocrommyum cies was newly typified and s. str. described by Seisums (1998); the cultivar 'Pink Jewel' agrees with that new description Herbaceous borders and Often not easy to differentiate from subg. Rhizirideum s. str. beds A. senecens s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. June ? July / Herbaceous beds and summer / borders, cut flowers May - June Also collected or cultivated and consumed as "wild garlic" subg. Polyprason sect. Oreiprason Late June Sunny spots on well drained soil Rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Late June Sunny raised beds, pots Very rarely offered 26 subg. Allium sect. Pallasia Taxon Allium oreophilum C. A. Mey. syn. A. ostrowskianum Regel Origin Allium orientale Boiss. N Akseki, Turkey Allium oschaninii O. Fedtsch. Mountains S Fergan valley, Uzbekistan (ARJA-9840) Allium ostrowskianum Synonym of A. Regel oreophilum Allium ovalifolium Hand.-Mazz. var. leuconeurum J.M. Xu Allium oxyphilum Synonym of A. cernuum Wherry Allium pallasii Murray Fergan valley, Uzbekistan Allium pallens L. Allium paniculatum L. Allium paradoxum (M. Bieb.) G. Don var. paradoxum Capri Island, Italy Specific characters Flow. period Use Leaves 2, linear, green to greyish- May - June Rock gardens and violet, longer than the flexuous 5borders, dry bouquets 20 cm scape, umbel loose, initially fascicular later subglobose, flowers large, campanulate, pink to deep brownish purple Umbel almost spherical, dense, flowers large, white, ovaries dark green Scape1 m, hollow, nicely inflated Late Dry bouquets below the middle, umbels dense, flowering globose, flowers white Remarks A very polymorphous species already cultivated in the 1880ies Classification subg. Porphyroprason sect. Porphyroprason Very rarely offered; botanical identity is somewhat unclear subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. subg. Cepa sect. Cepa With Hosta-like general appearance, scape 60 cm, leaves with longitudinal strips Only once offered subg. Anguinum sect. Anguinum Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Pallasia Very rarely offered, also wrongly named A. bucharicum (michaelcamphausen.de 2014) Rarely offered; four subspecies are recognized differing by plant hairiness and by length and color of tepals May become invasive by the bulbils subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Shady spots Leaves terete, thread-like, scape Early c. 40 cm long with multi-flowered, summer dense umbel c. 4 cm in diam., flowers small, soft pink Scape 25 cm, flowers small Summer creamy tinged pink in rather dense umbel Leaves prominently ribbed Summer / beneath, scape 30-70 cm / "var. Augustminor" 10-15 cm, umbel loose, September flowers yellowish white or pink Scape 15-30 cm, flowers white Summer with a faint green mid-vein, but mostly replaced by green bulbils 27 Shady lawns Similar to common onion but not its wild progenitor (Gurushidze et al. 2007) subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum subg. Amerallium sect. Briseis Taxon Allium paradoxum (M. Bieb.) G. Don var. normale Stearn Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Leaves 1-2, deep green, keeled, May Shady spots of rock flat, scape 20-30 cm, edged, gardens and herbaceous flowers 2-5, large, pendent, pure borders, cut flowers, pot white plants Allium parvum Kellogg Blue Mountains, Oregon, Leaves prostrate, narrow, sickleUSA shaped, dwarf "tumbleweed" with compact, 3-5 cm umbels on short scape, flowers lavender-pinkish Allium pendulinum Ten. Flowers white with green median vein Allium peninsulare Sierra Nevada foothills, Scape 15 - 20 / 25 cm, umbels Lemmon ex Greene California, USA compact 5 - 8 cm across, flowers bright rose-purple / amethystviolet, inner tepals enclose the cream-colored anthers, the outer, broader tepals form a bowl-like floret surrounding the inner tepals Allium pikeanum Rydb. Synonym of A. geyeri Allium platycaule S. Leaves flat, sickle-like, scape 10 / The easiest Needs good drainage Watson 15 - 20 cm, umbel many-flowered / in this group / dense globose up to 8 cm across, June - July flowers big, narrowly cup-shaped, rose / purplish red Allium plummerae S. Leaves 3-6, stiff lanceolate, green, June Watson flowers pale pink, wax-like, rather August, long large flowering Allium polyanthum Capri Island, Italy Leaves flat, dense umbel like A. Mid summer Schult. & Schult.f. sphaerocephalon, tepals soft pink with darker mid-vein Allium praecox Average mature height of 30 cm, Early to late Mixed borders Brandeegee flowers white spring 28 Remarks Owns much higher ornamental value than the typical variety Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Briseis Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Briseis subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Very rarely offered Rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Allium Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Taxon Allium protensum Wendelbo Allium przewalskianum Regel Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Sarimar Mts., Leaves large, smooth, scape 30 - June Rock gardens and Uzbekistan (ARJA 9839) 40 cm, head large, loose, pedicels borders, dry bouquets strongly unequal, flowers star-like, tepals cream, with brown to purple, broad mid-vein, stiff and starry after bloom Near Lahanu Monastery, Bulb base orange, leaves thread- Late summer Tibet like, scape 20 - 25 cm, umbel small, dense, flowers bright purple / pale violet Armenia Plants 60 cm tall. has long lobes of Middle of anthers stalks more notable than summer the tepals Fergana range, Scape 40-50 cm, flowers large, Kyrgyzstan narrowly cup-shaped, purplishviolet Arvaz valley, Kopet-Dag Scape 60-70 cm, umbel dense, Easy in well-drained, Range, Turkmenistan globose, flowers light pinkish sunny spots violet, tepals with darker mid-vein Allium pseudoampeloprasum Miscz. ex Grossh. Allium pseudowinklerianum R.M. Fritsch & F.O. Khass. Allium pseudozeravschanicum Popov & Vved. ex B. Fedtsch. & Popov Allium pskemense B. Akbulak valley, Fedtsch. Uzbekistan (RKMP8207) Allium pulchellum G. Synonym of A. carinaDon tum subsp. pulchellum Allium purdomii W.W. Synonym of A. cyaneum Sm. Allium pyrenaicum Costa & Vayr. Allium ramosum L. syn. A. odorum L., A. tataricum L.f. Spring foliage resembling thick August fingers, scape 0.8-1 m with dense white globular umbels Plants up to 45 cm tall and 30 cm Mid to late wide, flowers very pale purple summer Bulb tunics reticulate, leaves July ? / narrow, scape 2-angled, 50-80 cm, October / umbel dense, semi-globose, summer flowers white, tepals with brownish mid-vein 29 Remarks Classification Formerly merged with A. schubertii subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Kaloprason Very rarely offered subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Reticulatobulbosa Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Allium Very rarely offered, rather recently subg. Melanocrommyum separated from A. winklerianum sect. Regeloprason Very rarely offered, probably not more than a variant of A. sarawschanicum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Megaloprason s. str. Very rarely offered; a hot-tasting wild relative of common onion subg. Cepa sect. Cepa Mixed borders, containers Very rarely offered; unclear whe- subg. Allium sect. Allium ther the true species is traded Herbaceous beds and Widely cultivated as spice plant, subg. Butomissa sect. borders, cut flowers with owns ornamental value. Many Butomissa sweet odor transitional forms between A. ramosum (early flowering, long tepals) and A. tuberosum (late flowering, short tepals) are known Taxon Allium regelii Trautv. Origin Foothills of Kopet-Dag range, Turkmenistan Specific characters Flow. period Use Leaves narrowly lanceolate, scape End May to Herbaceous beds and (20) 50-80 cm, inflorescence mid June borders, cut flowers, composed of (1) 2-6 superposed needs good summer rest whorls, pedicels unequal, flowers and perfect drainage few, campanulate, tepals bright lilac to purple with dark mid-vein Flowers purple Allium roborowskianum Regel Allium robustum Kar. & Tarbagatai range, Scape 50-70 cm with dense umbel Early and Kir. Kazakhstan of deep purple flowers long lasting Allium rosenbachianum This name is incorrectly hort. & auct. (of applied most often to A. gardens and of some rosenorum but also to A. authors) jesdianum incl. subsp. angustitepalum Allium rosenbachianum Darvaz range, S 2-4 broad glossy green leaves, Regel s. str. Tajikistan scape 70 cm, umbel up to 25 cm across, flowers bright violet Allium rosenorum R.M. Leaves many, linear-lanceolate, Mid May to Small plantings in Fritsch syn. A. channeled and angled, whole mid June herbaceous beds and rosenbachianum auct., scape densely ribbed, 60-90 (120) borders, cut flowers. A. jesdianum auct. cm, head dense, flowers shining Introduced as ornamental pink / dark violet with darker midbulb plant in the first veins / upper part of pedicels light decades of 20th century pink Allium roseum L. Scape 30-50 cm, umbel manySpring to flowered, flowers rose, white or summer / end flesh-colored May - June Allium rotundum L. syn. Enem, Krasnodar distr., Leaves flat, keeled, sheaths long, Mid May ? Herbaceous beds and A. scorodoprasum L. S Russia scape 25-80 / 40-50 cm, head June - July borders, cut flowers, dry subsp. rotundum (L.) dense, ovate to globose, flowers bouquets and flower Stearn small, tepals papillose along the arrangements keel, dark brownish to purplish red or pink to violet, inside paler 30 Remarks Classification Very rarely offered; weak plants subg. Melanocrommyum develop often only one umbel, sect. Regeloprason strong plants up to 6 superposed partial inflorescences separated by 5-15 cm long scape parts Only once offered Very rarely offered True A. rosenbachianum owns smooth leaves and scape, and often larger and looser flower heads subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Decipientia subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Decipientia subg. Melanocrommyum Very rarely offered; subsp. kwakense see under A. kwakense subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Megaloprason s. str. Several cultivars are still traded under the synonym names. The characters of scapes and leaves allow a clear separation from similar species. May become invasive by selfseeding Already cultivated in the 1890ies, rarely offered today subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium Rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. Taxon Origin Allium rubrum Osterh. Synonym of A. geyeri Allium runyonii Ownbey Specific characters Flow. period Mixed borders Allium rupestre Steven Near Abant Bolu, Turkey Leaves threadlike, scape c. 40 cm, Late July umbels much denser than in A. August paniculatum and A. lenkoranicum, flowers narrowly campanulate, dull pink with greenish-brown mid-vein Allium sanbornii Alph. Scape up to 40 cm, more than 100 Latest Wood var. congdonii whitish to light lavender pink blooming Jeps. flowers, outer tepals urn-shaped with reflexed tips Allium saralicum R.M. Turkey LST-331 Flowers white in hemispherical Fritsch umbels Allium sarawschanicum Pass Takhta Karacha Regel (ARJA-9856) and Agalik valley near Samarkand, Uzbekistan Allium sativum L. Ophioscorodon group syn. A. sativum var. ophioscorodon (Link) Döll Allium saxatile M. Bieb. Allium scabriflorum Boiss. Allium scabriscapum Boiss. & Kotschy Allium schmitzii Coutinho Use Only once offered Very rarely offered Needs dry summer from Very rarely offered start of blooming Only once offered Scape 80 cm, variable in shade of flowers and color of pedicel bases Upper scape part curled Remarks Very rarely offered June - July Clumps with pinkish-white or pink August flowers, anthers rose Turkey Scape 40-50 cm, flower heads Late summer small, dense, light sky-blue, one of / July the last flowering species August Zagros range near Arak, Scape 40 cm, umbel 4 cm across Iran with bright yellow, starry, fairly big flowers Scape 20 cm, stiff; umbels semiglobose, flowers white with pink vein 31 Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Rhophetoprason subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum subg. Amerallium sect. Rhophetoprason subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Megaloprason s. str. Borders, solitary plants Widely cultivated for garlic cloves; subg. Allium sect. Allium not really ornamental but striking Alpine gardens Rarely offered Rarely offered Pots, gritty soil with not Very rarely offered too much humus, needs a dry summer rest Drought resistant, to Only once offered accompany succulent beds subg. Polyprason sect. Oreiprason subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Scabriscapa subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum Taxon Allium schoenoprasoides Regel Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Remarks Classification Heights of Kugart, Bulbs bright green, scape some 40 Tolerates summer Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Pallasia Kyrgyzstan (ARJA 9726) cm tall, flower head small but moisture dense, flowers large, soft light pinkish violet / very light bluish, almost white Allium schoenoprasum Croatia Leaves greyish, scape 50 cm, Mai - July Sunny and semi-shadow Only once offered; this subspecies subg. Cepa sect. L. subsp. orosiae J.M. flowers purplish-pink spots is not accepted by most Schoenoprasum Monts. taxonomists Allium schoenoprasum Leaves thin, cylindrical, hollow, May? June, Herbaceous beds, rock Very polymorphous species, many subg. Cepa sect. L. syn. A. sibiricum L. scape 10-50 cm, hollow, heads second gardens, cut flowers ornamental varieties were Schoenoprasum dense, subglobose, flowers white bloom in late selected. In Europe often grown or pink to carmine, tepals with summer is for dual use as spice plant and darker mid-vein, twice longer than possible ornamental the filaments. Allium schubertii × A. Combines flower color and scape Rarely offered; several cultivars subg. Melanocrommyum atropurpureum length of 50-60 cm of A. atropurmay trace back to identical intersectional hybrid pureum with shape of A. schubertii crosses flower head up to 15 cm in diameter, flowers variable in color Allium schubertii Zucc. Leaves large, broad, smooth, June - July Herbaceous beds, cut This name was formerly also subg. Melanocrommyum scape 40-50 cm, head very large flowers, forcing, pots, dry applied to A. protensum differing sect. Kaloprason and loose, pedicels very unequal, bouquets by much broader leaves and flowers star-like, pink / mallow2012 R.H.S. Award of smaller pale flowers becoming stiff purple, tepals with inconspicuous Garden Merit after anthesis. Introduced as mid-vein, after bloom crumpled ornamental bulb plant in the first and rather weak decades of 20th century Allium scorodoprasum Scape 80-100 cm, inflorescence June May become invasive because of subg. Allium sect. Allium L. loose, flowers dark vinous the many air bulbils among the few flowers, leaves are edible Allium scorzonerifolium Offered without giving specific subg. Amerallium sect. Desf. ex DC. characters Molium s. str. Allium semenowii Offered without giving specific subg. Cepa sect. Regel characters Annuloprason 32 Taxon Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Allium senescens L. Leaves linear, erect, scape 30-60 June to Borders and herbaceous (formerly lumped with cm, heads dense, globose, flowers August / beds, cut flowers A. lusitanicum, see also purplish or lilac, inner filament summer to there) bases ovate without teeth autumn Allium serratum S. Synonym of A. Watson amplectens Allium sewerzowii Kurama Ridge, Slightly more robust plants with up Regel Uzbekistan (ARJA-9883) to 3 wider leaves than A. fetisowii, scape 0.8-1 m, dense heads of violet purple / pinkish lilac flowers Allium sharsmithae Seemingly stemless, umbels (Ownbey & Aase ex compact, flowers shiny, longer, Traub) McNeal narrowly urn-shaped with abruptly recurved tips Allium shelkovnikovii Leaves two, comparatively wide, Grossh. blue-green, scape short with medium-sized, hemispherical heads of pink flowers, tepals with a darker central stripe, anthers yellow Allium sibiricum L. Synonym of the robust arctic-montane form of A. schoenoprasum Allium sibthorpianum Leaves thin thread-like, scape 15 Mid summer Pots, choice rockery spot Schult. & Schult. f. cm, flowers pale pink-purple bells, the tepals are pointed with a darker purple central vein Allium siculum Ucria Leaves narrow, strongly keeled, End-May ? Herbaceous beds, cut syn. Nectaroscordum yellowish green, scape 60-90(120) mid June flowers, dry bouquets. All siculum (Ucria) Lindl., cm, umbel very loose, fascicular, plant parts with pungent A. bulgaricum (Janka) flowers large, pedicels pendent, smell Prodan, A. dioscoridis unequal, tepals very broad, Sm. greenish with red and yellowish 33 Remarks Very variable and not always easily separable from A. nutans Classification subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. Very rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Acmopetala Only once offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Only once offered; the true identity subg. Melanocrommyum of these plants is not clear sect. Acanthoprason Only once offered subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Nectaroscordum is still sometimes subg. Nectaroscordum treated as separate genus sect. Nectaroscordum Taxon Origin Allium sikkimense Baker syn. A. tibeticum Rendle, A. kansuense Regel Allium siskiyouense Clamath ranges in Ownbey ex Traub California, USA (NWS 00-41) Allium sivasicum Özhatay & Kollmann Allium sosnovskyanum Miscz. ex Grossh. Allium sphaerocephalon L. Allium Between Korkuteli and sphaerocephalon L. Fethiye, Turkey subsp. arvense (Guss.) Arcang Allium staticiforme Sm. Mikri Vigla beach, Naxos, Greece Specific characters Flow. period Use Like A. cyaneum but leaves broa- July ? August Front of herbaceous der, flat, plants larger, scape 10-40 / summer borders, rock gardens cm, umbel pendent, flowers larger, 1937 A.M. filaments shorter than tepals Like A. falcifolium, leaves distinctly narrower, flower urn-shaped, white to pale rose with a much darker mid-vein, tepals broader with only slightly reflexed tips, not as dramatically tapered Scape 15 cm, umbel like A. flavum, pedicels of different length, flowers mauvish-purple overlaid with a bloom Scape sideward growing, umbel spherical dense, flowers small, tepals slightly greenish white with blue midrib Leaves semi-cylindrical, scape 30- June ?July Alpine gardens and 80 cm, heads ovoid, very dense, borders, cut flowers, pedicels unequal, flowers deep forcing pink to purple or brown-red, anthers and cylindrical side teeth of broadened inner filament bases exserted Flower heads more globose, Much later central florets closed, white with than other green midrib and exserted purple forms anthers, lower florets more purple toned especially at tip Scape rarely over 20 cm, very tight umbel just 1.5-2 cm across, with hundreds of tiny milky-white flowers 34 Remarks Very similar to A. beesianum Classification subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Sikkimensia Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Rhophetoprason Very rarely offered subg. Polyprason sect. Scorodon s. str. Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Multicaulea subg. Allium sect. Allium Rarely offered, also wrongly as subsp. trachypus (Boiss. & Spruner) K. Richt.) subg. Allium sect. Allium Only once offered subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Taxon Allium stellatum Nutt. ex Ker-Gawl. Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Spokane Co., Wyoming, Leaves linear, c. 3 mm wide, Late June / USA scape slender, 35-50 cm tall, July - August umbels tight, flowers mediumsized, deep reddish-pink / lavender Allium stipitatum Regel Leaves large, ± hairy or hairless May - June Herbaceous borders and syn. A. hirtifolium with rough margins, scape 100beds, cut flowers, forcing, Boiss. 150 cm, completely smooth (only dry bouquets ribbed when dry), heads large, 1958 A.M. semi- to sub-globose, flowers starlike, white or pink to purple, tepals with darker mid-vein, lanceolate, later reflexed and crumpled Allium struzlianum Wild plants 20 cm high with only 3Ogan. 4 relatively big, starry flowers, garden plants with scape up to 50 cm and multi-flowered umbel Allium suaveolens Jacq. Allium subakaka 2 wide, quite often longitudinally May - June Razyfard & Zarre syn. ribbed leaves, scape rarely longer A. akaka auct. than 15 cm, flower head very dense, flower color variable Allium subhirsutum L. Baba Dag Mts., Turkey Leaves broad with slightly hairy Spring / early Sunny spots with good margins, more or less prostrate, summer drainage shiny green, scape 7-30 / 20-25 cm, umbel few- to many-flowered, lax, spreading, up to 10 cm in diam., flowers large, pure white Allium subhirsutum Synonyms of A. subsp. trifoliatum trifoliatum (Cirillo) Arcang., A. subhirsutum var. trifoliatum (Cirillo) Batt. & Trab. 35 Remarks Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason Leaf and flower characters are subg. Melanocrommyum very polymorphous, needs well sect. Procerallium manured soil and repeated replanting; may become invasive by self-seeding. Already cultivated in the 1890ies. Only once offered subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. Only once offered, but not as medical or spice plant Very rarely offered subg. Polyprason sect. Daghestanica subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Acanthoprason Rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. Taxon Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Allium subvillosum Scape quite short, umbel upright, Easy in well-drained, hot Salzm. ex Schult. & flowers rather pure white with spots in full sun Schult. f. vividly yellow anthers Allium suworowii Regel Kushk, Turkmenistan, Leaves to 3 cm wide, coarse at June - July Sunny, well drained spots and Sina, SE Uzbekistan margin, scape 70-80 / 100 cm with (ARJA-9828) dense semi-globose to globose, many-flowered umbels, flowers rose-violet / pinkish-lilac Allium taeniopetalum Scape of medium height, elegant Needs good drainage Vved. [subsp. mogolglobose umbels of rather big tavicum (Vved.) R.M. starry, purplish violet flowers Fritsch & F.O. Khass.] Allium tanguticum A name mis-applied to Regel A. lusitanicum Allium tataricum L.f. Synonym of A. ramosum Allium tauricola Boiss. Spitak district, Armenia, Plants 10 / 30 cm high, flowers cup End June - Rock gardens, easy to and NE Turkey shaped, tepals acuminate, dull July grow purple edged white Allium tchihatschewii Kusedagi gec. near Scape 15-22 cm, inflorescences Mid summer Pots Boiss. Gümüshane, NE Turkey loose, pedicels pendulous, long, (HN-0113) violet shaded, flowers bright purple Allium tenuicaule Regel Kurama range, Scape 10-15 cm, leaves threadSunny rock gardens, pots Uzbekistan like, flowers narrowly cup-shaped, bright pinkish-purple, per 8-15 in a tight umbel Allium texanum T.M. Leaves narrow, strict, blue-green, Late spring Howard scape c. 40 cm, white umbels of star-like flowers, anthers pink Allium textile A. Nelson Grows very quickly to 25 cm height Mid spring Mixed borders & J.F. Macbr. and 15 cm width, flowers white Allium thunbergii G. Leaves triangular, erect, remain September - Alpine and rock gardens, Don green during anthesis, height 20- November containers and pots 30 cm, umbels c. 3 cm across, 2002 R.H.S. Award of flowers reddish-purple Garden Merit 36 Remarks Very rarely offered Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. Rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Megaloprason s. str. Very rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Stellata The true species is obviously not subg. Allium sect. Pallasia cultivated Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Very rarely offered subg. Allium sect. Brevispatha Only once offered subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Campanulata Rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium subg. Cepa sect. Sacculiferum Rarely offered Taxon Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Allium tibeticum Rendle Synonym of A. sikkimense Allium tolmiei Baker Blue Mts., Oregon, USA 2 bold, broad, sickle-shaped var. platyphyllum (NWS 01-22) leaves, scape 10 cm, umbels up to Ownbey 7.5 cm in diam., spherical, flowers vase-shaped Allium tolmiei Baker Plants compact with 2 narrower, var. tolmiei less falcate leaves and smaller heads, flowers light soft pink, collared with a darker mid-vein Allium trautvetterianum Darvaz range, Tajikistan Scape up to 1 m, flowers markedly Sharply-drained, fertile, Regel bigger than in A. giganteum and A. sunny site, dry in the macleanii and bright purplish-violet summer Allium trifoliatum Cirillo S Agros, Cyprus Generally similar to A. subhirsuRaised beds, pots syn. A. subhirsutum tum, but with shorter scape and subsp. trifoliatum (Cirildenser umbels, tepals tinged with lo) Arcang., A. subhirpink or pink-veined, anthers yellow sutum var. trifoliatum (Cirillo) Batt. & Trab. Allium tripedale Trautv. Armenia Like A. siculum but height 1-1.3 m, May Herbaceous beds, cut syn. Nectaroscordum earlier flowering, inflorescence flowers, dry bouquets tripedale (Trautv.) more compact, pedicels shorter, Traub flowers large, campanulate, 2 cm in diam., white with pinkish flush / bright pink Allium triquetrum L. Leaves linear, strongly keeled, February to Herbaceous beds, cut scape 15-25 cm, 3-angled, umbel April / spring flowers, forcing, pots fascicular, 3-15-flowered / flowers few, pendent, white with broad green mid-vein Allium tschimganicum Mt. Chimgan, Uzbeki- Scape 0.7-1 / 1-1.3 m, umbel June Sunny, well drained spot O. Fedtsch. stan (ARJA-9629) dense, flowers purplish violet with a dry summer rest 37 Remarks Classification Rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium Very rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Compactoprason Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. Very rarely offered subg. Nectaroscordum sect. Nectaroscordum Frost tender. Introduced as ornamental bulb plant in the first decades of 20th century subg. Amerallium sect. Briseis Rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Acmopetala Taxon Origin Allium tuberosum Rottl. SE Asia ex Spreng. Allium tuncelianum S Tunceli, Turkey (Kollmann) Özhatay, B. Mathew & Siraneci Specific characters Scape 25-50 cm, umbel manyflowered, flowers white with a faint green or brown mid-vein on the back Scape 60-80 cm, umbel dense spherical, flowers tiny but plenty, greenish-white with purplish-green mid-vein Offered without giving specific characters Flow. period Summer to autumn / July - September Use Mid summer Needs dry summer rest (lifting) Allium tuolumnense (Traub) S.S. Denison & McNeal Allium turkestanicum NE Almaty, Kazakhstan Scape c. 1 m tall, umbel very Mid summer Rock gardens, sunny Regel dense with hundreds of small spots with good drainage, clean pink flowers dry summer rest Allium ubipetrense Kuh-e Bosphone near 2-3 leaves, scape 2 - 15 / 5 - 30 R.M. Fritsch Arak, Iran (SLIZE 98- cm, umbels medium-sized, semi316) globose / globose, flowers light violet / pale purplish Allium umbilicatum Iran Scape 40 cm with hemispherical Boiss. dense umbel, flowers light violet pink Allium unifolium Kellogg Bulbs on a rhizome, leaves 2-3, May ? June / flat, keeled, scape 40-50 / 20 cm, spring to umbel fascicular, flowers few / 15- summer 20, rather large, bell-shaped, light to deep pink or violet Herbaceous beds and borders, cut flowers, pots, forcing, well drained sunny spots 1873 & 1949 A.M.; 2002 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit Allium urceolatum Regel Synonym of A. caesium Allium ursinum L. Leaves keeled, broadly lanceolate, May / spring Shady borders, landscalong petiolate, scape angled, 30ping of shady places 50 cm, umbel loose, fascicular to semi-globose, flowers several / 620, star-like, pure white 38 Remarks Classification Like A. ramosum widely cultivated subg. Butomissa sect. as spice plant, owns ornamental Butomissa value. Concerning transitional forms to A. ramosum, see there Related to garlic, but is not its wild subg. Allium sect. Allium progenitor; very rarely offered Very rarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. Rhophetoprason Very rarely offered; the name is more often wrongly used for plants of the A. senescens group Very rarely offered, also under the name A. shelkovnikovii, hybrids with A. woronowii were also reported Very rarely offered, differences to A. rubellum M. Bieb., A. scabrellum Boiss. & Buhse, and A. syntamanthum K. Koch are unclear subg. Allium sect. Mediasia Spice plant (all plant parts own garlic smell and taste) with ornamental properties (already cultivated in the 1870ies), may become invasive in shady areas subg. Amerallium sect. Arctoprasum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Acanthoprason subg. Allium sect. Avulsea subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason Taxon Allium validum S. Watson Origin Allium victorialis L. Allium vineale L. Specific characters Flow. period Use Plants in average 60 cm high and Early sum- Mixed borders 30 cm wide, flowers with pink mer to early fall Leaves lanceolate, basally petiol- June to Herbaceous beds, in ate, scape angled, 30-60 cm, head August / damp soil dense, flowers cream to yellowish, summer filaments long exserted mainly for consumption offered June August Allium violaceum hort. Most probably a synonym of A. lusitanicum Allium virgunculae Maek. & Kitam. Remarks Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Caulorhizideum Plants are sometimes collected in subg. Anguinum sect. the wild for consumption Anguinum A spice and medical plant; only some cultivars own ornamental value. May become a noxious weed multiplying by air and side bulblets Only once offered subg. Allium sect. Allium (Not A. violaceum Willd. [1814], a synonym of A. carinatum) Scape 8 - 22 cm, umbel 2 - 12Autumn 1982 A.M. subg. Cepa sect. flowered, loose, flowers pink or Sacculiferum pinkish purple with a green band Allium wallichii Kunth Scape 30-73 cm, umbel manyRarely offered subg. Amerallium sect. flowered, flowers magenta to Bromatorrhiza purple / maroon-purple, Allium woronowii Miscz. Dzhadshur Pass, Arme- Scape up to 45 cm, head tight Early Rock gardens, in sunny, Rarely offered subg. Melanocrommyum ex Grossh. nia, and near Ulupinsk, hemispherical, flowers large, star- summer well drained soil sect. Melanocrommyum E Bozkir, Turkey shaped, light violet / deep pink with s. str. a strong odor of carnations Allium × stipineva Selected among A. Scape 50-60 cm, keeps leaves Rarely offered; the hybrid offspring nevskianum seedlings well during flowering time, flower is expected by E. Dambrauskas, heads large and dense, tepals light Lithuania purple Allium yunnanense Synonym of A. mairei Diels Allium zebdanense L. Leaves narrow, flat, slightly shorter May / spring / Herbaceous borders, rock subg. Amerallium sect. than the 20-40 cm long scape, begin of April gardens, pots Molium s. str. umbels fascicular, flowers few / 310, large, white, campanulate 39 Taxon Allium zenobiae Cory Origin Synonym of A. canadense var. mobilense synonyms of A. siculum Specific characters Nectaroscordum bulgaricum Janka, N. dioscoridis (Sm.) Stankov, N. siculum (Ucria) Lindl. Nectaroscordum Synonym of A. tripedale tripedale (Trautv.) Traub Nothoscordum bivalve Leaves straight upright, yellowish(L.) Britton green, very narrowly linear, channeled, scape 15-25 cm, umbel narrow, flowers few, yellowish, funnel-shaped Nothoscordum Leaves narrowly linear, flat, borbonicum Kunth syn. glaucous, scape 20-60 cm, umbel Allium fragrans Vent., narrow, flowers several, white, Nothosc. fragrans funnel-shaped, fragrant, tepals (Vent.) Kunth, Nothosc. often lilac flushed, mid-vein dark inodorum auct. non (Aiton) G. Nichols. Flow. period Use Remarks Classification May? July (? Herbaceous borders October) Frost tender; may become invasive by self-seeding and side bulblets; very similar to Allium species but only distantly related genus Nothoscordum Kunth Year round, Herbaceous borders in in temperate warm regions zones April to October A noxious weed under frost-free conditions genus Nothoscordum Kunth Remarks Only once offered Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason List of named cultivars Cultivar and species Origin '03-61' Santa Cruz Mts., Calif. Allium unifolium Specific characters Flow. period Use Small starburst inflorescence with Can multiply vigorously pedicels much longer than the when kept moist during perigone, flowers widely flowering campanulate, pink and rose 'Agalik' former 'Arvaz' Agalik valley near Scape 80 cm, large airy umbels of Very well growing Allium sarawschanicum Samarkand, Saravshan violet flowers, center of flower Range, Uzbekistan umbel light green 'Agalik's Giant' = 'Torch' Agalik, Saravshan Scape 40 cm, umbels large dense, Early Also for cut flowers Allium oreophilum range, Uzbekistan flowers magnolia purple 40 subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Megaloprason s. str. subg. Porphyroprason sect. Porphyroprason Cultivar and species Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use 'Akbulak' Akbulak valley, Height 40 cm, flowers up-looking, Early Allium barsczewskii Uzbekistan (RKMPbright reddish purple summer 8205) 'Akbulak' (no location given) RKM- Scape 80 cm, umbel airy / very Early Cut flowers Allium rosenorum 8217 large, more lax, flowers darkest midseason / purple May - June 'Akita' Registered by Maurits 90 cm high, inflorescence 20 cm in Allium cristophii × A. Pronk, Zwaagdijk 15-10- diameter, flowers very light purple macleanii 2004 RHS 76B UCL #221, 'Alan' NE Turkey Scape 30 cm, flowers cup shaped End June - Rock gardens Allium tauricola with acuminate segments, dull July purple edged white 'Alba' identical with Urungachsai, Pskem Flowers pure snow white 'Snow Cap' valley, Uzbekistan Allium barsczewskii 'Alba' Leaves grass-like, blue-grey, April - May Allium maximowiczii height 15 cm, flowers many, small, white, become paper-like after anthesis 'Album' Tubergen 1969 Scape 20-50 cm, flowers white July - August 2002 R.H.S. Award of Allium carinatum introduced Garden Merit subsp. pulchellum 'Album' Allium cyaneum 'Album' Scape ribbed, 100 cm, white May / spring / Cut flowers Allium hollandicum flowers slightly purplish tinged, April - May anthers lilac-pinkish 'Album' Scape 15-20 cm June Allium karataviense 'Album' Scape 30 cm, umbels c. 3 cm, May to Ornamental beds and Allium schoenoprasum flowers cup-shaped, white / pale August borders, cut flowers syn. A. schoenoprasum rose with green / violet mid-vein f. albiflorum hort. 41 Remarks Classification subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Campanulata Mostly offered under A. jesdianum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium Data from KAVB database by courtesy of J. v. Scheepen subg. Melanocrommyum Named after the collector Alan McMurtrie, Canada subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Also offered as "white form" subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Campanulata "subsp. shibutsiense" is apparently subg. Cepa sect. a name without botanical standing Schoenoprasum ? = A. carinatum subsp. pulchellum f. album, probably formally undescribed Identity is doubtful, the flat flowers look different from A. cyaneum! Perhaps identical to A. rosenbachianum 'Alba' Dual use as spice plant and ornamental subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Sikkimensia subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Miniprason subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum Cultivar and species 'Album' Allium stipitatum 'Aman Kutan' Allium barsczewskii 'Ambassador' Allium stipitatum × A. giganteum 'Amethyst' Allium nutans 'Annette' Allium schubertii × A. atropurpureum 'Aquamarine' Allium litvinovii, named formerly A. caesium 'Pskem's Beauty' 'Aravan' Allium caesium Origin Aman Kutan pass, Uzbekistan (ARJA-9854) Registered by Fa. A. Langedijk 29-08-2005 Specific characters Flow. period Use Scape smooth, 100-120 cm, umbel May ? June large dense, flowers pure white Habit compact, rich flowering, flowers bright scarlet red Height 100 cm, pale blue-violet May - June Ornamental beds, sunny flowers 84C spots or in half-shade Umbels large, flowers amethystine lilac finally raspberry rose, ovaries deep pink, stamens long exserted giving a pincushion effect Not found in recent catalogues Scape 1 - 1.1 m, inflorescence of June green leaflets between pale violet bulblets Scape 50 cm, largish heads of densely packed lilac-pink florets Classification subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Campanulata subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. Ihnachsai gorge , Leaves tubular, plants 30-40 cm Uzbekistan (ARJA-9891, high, umbels more lax, flowers 9889) very light blue slightly greenish tinted with darker mid-vein ARJA-0043 Earlier flowering, flowers beautiful pinkish violet 'Art' Registered by A.J. van Allium scorodoprasum den Berg Flower Power 11-06-2009 'Arvaz' Former name for 'Agalik' Allium sarawschanicum 'Asteroids' Allium nutans × A. senescens 'Atlas' Registered by Fa. A. Langedijk 26-06-2001 Remarks Entire month of August Scape 75-90 cm, 30 cm heads of cornflower-blue flowers subg. Melanocrommyum Good drainage preferred Taxonomic affiliation remains unclear subg. Allium sect. Caerulea Makes no bulbils but Taxonomic affiliation remains mother bulbs increase by unclear splitting subg. Allium sect. Caerulea subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Megaloprason s. str subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. Cut flowers, borders, beds; Also identically named cultivars of subg. Melanocrommyum? needs well-drained, moist, A. cepa cultivar group aggregatum loamy soil in full sun and carrots exist 42 Cultivar and species 'August Confection' Allium lusitanicum Origin 'Autumn Violet 2' 'Autumn Violet' × A. thunbergii Selected after embryo culture 'Autumn Violet 3' 'Autumn Violet' × A. thunbergii Selected after embryo culture 'Autumn Violet' Allium chinense × A. thunbergii 'Autumn Violet Mini' Allium chinense × A. virgunculae var. kiiense Murata 'Ballerina' 'Bamberg' Allium schoenoprasum Registered by Paul van Bentem Bloembollen 1308-2004 Specific characters Handsome clumps of shiny green strap-like foliage, small, tight heads of deep, ruddy pink flowers Flow. period Use Late summer, at it's peak the beginning of August Bulbs well multiplying, leaves Late October Cut flowers cylindrical c. 51 cm long, plants c. - early 30 cm, scape c. 65 cm, umbels 6 November cm diameter, spherical, ± manyflowered flowers reddish-purple, Bulbs well multiplying, leaves Late October Cut flowers cylindrical c. 43 cm, plants c. 24 - early cm, scape c. 50 cm, umbels 5.5 November cm diam., spherical, ± manyflowered, flowers reddish-purple Scape 50-60 cm, umbels 6 cm Late October diam., spherical, few-flowered with simultaneously flowering reddish purple flowers Bulbs well multiplying, leaves October Pots narrowly cylindrical c. 28 cm long, plants 20 cm, about 3 scapes per sprout c. 26 cm long, umbels 3.3 cm diam., spherical, ± few-flowered, flowers dark reddish purple Remarks merely a dark color form Classification subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Cepa sect. Sacculiferum subg. Cepa sect. Sacculiferum subg. Cepa sect. Sacculiferum subg. Cepa sect. Sacculiferum Not found in recent catalogues; also the name of a tulip cultivar Leaf number is lower, not susceptible to Allium rust fungus, great violet flowers, late anthesis, 'Beau Regard' or 'Beau Registered by J.R. Bijl Scape strong, 90 cm, head large, June - July Regarde' van Duyvenbode 31-12- flowers lilac blue / pink Allium cristophii × A. 1993 giganteum (?) 43 subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum 1995 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit subg. Melanocrommyum Cultivar and species 'Betsie' Allium schubertii × A. atropurpureum 'Bicolor' Allium sphaerocephalon 'Bing Bong' Allium schoenoprasum 'Bizar' or 'Bizard' Allium scorodoprasum 'Black Isle Blush' Allium schoenoprasum Origin Specific characters No description found Flow. period Use Remarks No description found Breeder Volkmar Schara No description found 2012 Scape 100-120 / 90 cm, inflorescence with many bulblets Registered by 30 cm, flowers light mauve, Poyntzfield Herb 'blushes' with a deep pink flower Nursery 21-02-1996 centre / violet with dark pattern 'Blue Eddie' Breeder Mark Mc Leaves wavy, scape 20 cm, Allium senescens subsp. Donough flowers pink glaucum (Schrad. ex Poir.) Dostal 'Blue Skies' No description found Allium lusitanicum misnamed A. tanguticum 'Bolero' Height 60 cm, semi-globose inflorAllium atropurpureum × escence of glossy, star-shaped, A. schubertii ? purple flowers 'Brensi' Registered by A.A.J.M. Flowers violet N82D Allium senescens Janssen 15-09-2009 [subsp. senescens] 'Cameleon' or Registered by Kwekerij Scape 20-25 cm, tepals white 'Camelion' De Schüllhorn 11-12- 155D median vein violetred N57A Allium trifoliatum 2008/ Wayne Roderick, USA 'Cantabria' or Near pass Pajares, N No description found 'Cantabrica' Spain Allium victorialis Classification subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Allium sect. Allium June - July Cut flowers 1995 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit ?? August September subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Allium sect. Allium Edging Dual use like common chives subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. June - July subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. June - July subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. subg. Anguinum sect. Anguinum 44 Cultivar and species Origin 'Carlito' Registered by Maurits Allium cristophii hybrid Pronk 21-06-2006/ Fa. ? Langedijk, Zwaagdijk Specific characters Flow. period Use Leaves glossy, strap-shaped, mid- Spring to green, scape sturdy, erect about summer 75 cm, umbels rounded, about 12 cm across, dense, flowers starshaped, silvery, light purple / pale blueviolet 76A 'Caroline' Breeder ? Piet de Jong Flowers lilac-pink, height 60-70 cm June Allium nutans August 'Charming' Average plant height 30 cm and Mixed borders Allium karataviense width 50 cm, flowers pink 'Chinoro' Chinoro gorge, Scape 70-80 cm, flowers deep Allium sarawschanicum Tajikistan (RM-8274) purple in very airy globular umbels, pedicels of different length 'Chris' Dwarf' Former name of 'Eros' Allium unifolium 'Colanda' Registered by G. Scape 100 cm, tepals outside dark 1964 T.G.A. Allium rosenorum (?) Winkelaar 31-12-1950 violet / violet-purple?, inside purple, edged paler, bent upwards 'Constellation' The green foliage looks more like July - August Allium nutans hybrid A. senescens, the strongly "winged" - September misnamed A. scapes are similar to A. nutans komarovianum 'Corsican White' Scape 20 cm, flowers white, very Sunny or half-shaded Allium schoenoprasum decorative spots 'Cowanii' Scape 30-40 cm, inflorescence April -May Allium neapolitanum large, flowers pure white, early flowering 'Cranz' or 'Crans' 'Croton' Allium cernuum Plants are similar to A. atropurpureum, flowers purplish 20 cm tall June - July 45 Rock gardens Remarks Very different pictures in catalogues found Classification subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Miniprason subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Megaloprason s. str. subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. Spice plant with ornamental properties KAVB Intern. Checklist (1991): "Sometimes considered conspecific with but horticulturally distinct from A. neapolitanum." Only pictures in catalogues seen subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Amerallium sect. Molium subg. Melanocrommyum ? subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason Cultivar and species Origin Specific characters 'Dark Eyes' Registered by Mts Flowers violet 71A Allium ampeloprasum Mellema-Versteeg, Creil, 2012; seedling of plants from Crete 'Darwas Wonder' Darwaz Mts., Tajikistan Flowers intensely greenish-yellow Allium darwasicum 'Dreadlocks' Registered by Dix & Flowers greenbrown 152D with Allium oleraceum L. Zijerveld 07-09-2005 / R. violet 71A Zijerveld, Lisserbroek 'Dready' Registered by A.J. van Scape 60-80 cm, flowers green Allium vineale den Berg Flower Power and rose / dark green 137A in 11-06-2009 loose heads with central bulbils 'Duschak' Arvaz valley, Kopetdag Scape up to 70 cm, umbel dense, Allium pseudozerav- range, Turkmenistan globose, tepals light pinkish-violet schanicum with darker midrib 'Dutchman' Registered by Fa. J. Res Flowers violet N81C en Zn, Castricum, 2012 / Henk Hollander 'Early Emperor' Registered by Fa. A. Scape ribbed, 60 / 80 cm long, Allium jesdianum Langedijk 21-06-2006 inflorescence > 15 cm, flowers subsp. angustitepalum star-like violet 72B, filaments white 'Elbe' Scape 30 cm, spathe pale pink, Allium schoenoprasum flowers white 'Emir' Registered by Leonid Leaves resist well late frost Allium sarawschanicum Bondarenko 05-07-2005 damage, shape and size of flower 'Chinoro' × A. heads like A. rosenbachianum, rosenbachianum s. str. flowers purple / violet 77B 'Eros' formerly 'Chris' Registered by W.H. de Scape 20 / 30-35 cm, stiff, umbels Dwarf' Goede 26-06-2006 > 10 cm, flowers bluerose N74D / Allium unifolium bright lilac pink 'Esmee' Leaves not screw-like, plants 65Allium nutans 75 cm, flower heads lilac-violet, 6 cm in diam. Flow. period Use July Cut flowers, but slow growing and difficult Remarks Classification subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Regeloprason subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum June - July May become weedy by self-sowing subg. Allium sect. Allium of air bulblets Scarcely differing from A. sarawschanicum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Megaloprason s. str. Not found in recent catalogues April - May subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium Award of KAVB for beauty and perfection Spice plant with ornamental properties subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Megaloprason June subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason July - August subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. 46 Cultivar and species Origin 'Explosion' Registered by René Allium stipitatum Zijerveld 22-05-2008 / Kater, Breezand 'Ferris Wheel' Received as A. Allium stellatum × A. drummondii cernuum 'Feuerwerk' Allium schubertii 'Fireworks Yellow' Allium flavum 'Firmament' Registered by Fa. A. Allium atropurpureum × Langedijk 10-12-1996 A. cristophii (?) 'Forelock' Registered by Fa. M.M. Allium amethystinum Duin 14-08-2008 'Forescate' Allium schoenoprasum 'Fruhlau' F1 hybrid Allium schoenoprasum 'Garni' Near Garni (Armenia) Allium pseudoampeloprasum 'Genial' Registered by G.A.J. v. der Lans 15-10-2004 'Gimli' Allium protensum × A. nevskianum 'Gladiator' Registered by W. Hey Allium hollandicum × A. 31-12-1981 stipitatum Specific characters Flowers violet 77B Flow. period Remarks Not found in recent catalogues Classification subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium Similar to A. cernuum with many characters of A. stellatum Assumed to be a spontaneous hybrid subg. Amerallium Only a photo seen Looks like the normal species subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Kaloprason subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum subg. Melanocrommyum Plants 30 cm high with masses of yellow blooms held in airy sprays Scape 80 cm, large umbels 10 - 12 May - June cm, flowers deep purple 130 cm high, flower heads 10 cm across, flowers green to vinous / violetred 59D to darker violetred 59A Scape to 30 cm, flowers large, May to deep rose purple, early and September repeatedly flowering Scape to 25 cm, early and plentiful flowering Scape reaches 0.8 - 1 m Use Beds, borders, containers, cut flowers Borders, cut flowers subg. Allium sect. Allium Mixed beds and borders, Dual use as herb and ornamental subg. Cepa sect. cut flowers, edging, contSchoenoprasum ainers subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Allium sect. Allium Not found in recent catalogues Umbel up to 30 cm in diameter Leaves large, somewhat hairy, scape 70 - 120 / 170 cm, head very dense, broadly globose, flowers purple / rose-purple, sterile subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Kaloprason May ? June Herbaceous beds, cut flowers, forcing 47 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit 1995 subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium Cultivar and species 'Glauca' or 'Glaucum' Allium lusitanicum Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Remarks Leaves good, scape 20 cm, heads July - August Borders, kitchen gardens Also offered as A. senescens var. globose, flowers pale pink glaucum, a name of no botanical standing 'Globemaster' Registered by J.R. Bijl Leaves large, bright green, glossy, June Solitary plants in herba- A. cristophii and A. macleanii were Allium cristophii × A. van Duyvenbode 31-12- scape glossy, 80 - 100 cm, heads ceous borders, cut confirmed as parents (Friesen et macleanii 1971 large, flowers violet, long-lasting flowers, forcing. al. 1997) bloom 1971 A.M., 1973 F.C.C., 1995 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit 'Globus' Leaves hairless, glaucous, scape May ? June Herbaceous beds and A. cristophii and A. giganteum Allium karataviense × 40-50 cm, head large, initially borders, pots, long-lasting were excluded as possible parents A. stipitatum semi-globose, flowers pinkish / bloom (Friesen et al. 1997) whitish 'Glory of Pamir' form- Hodji-Obi-Garm, Scape 1-1.3 m, with dense umbels 1997 T.G.A. erly 'Hodji-Obi-Garm' Tajikistan of lilac flowers Allium stipitatum 'Glowing Amethyst" Seedling of 'Forescate' Growth rather globose, scape 35 May - July Allium schoenoprasum cm, flowers pinkish-carmine or rose-red 'Goliath' Registered by Hoog & Height 80-150 cm, inflorescence May - June More similar to A. stipitatum Allium altissimum Dix Export 25-08-2004 till 12 cm across 'Graceful Beauty' = Registered by W. van Bulbs with red tunics, 2-4 leaves, April - May Beds and borders 'Gracefull' Lierop en Zn. B.V. 09- scape to 40 cm, inflorescence Allium amplectens 11-2010/ W. Mellema, globular, many-flowered and long Creil; seedling flowering, pure white NN 155C with violetred 58D nerve 'Grandiflorum' Flowers larger than the type with a Allium neapolitanum dark eye 'Grandiflorum' Europe, 1976 Height c. 40 cm, flowers pink Allium roseum 'Grasgrün' Plants only 20 cm tall, flowers April - June Borders, rock gardens Allium schoenoprasum white 48 Classification subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str.. subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum Cultivar and species 'Green Drops' Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii 'Green Grace' Allium backhousianum Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Remarks Registered by Mts Scape straight, flowers dark violet Cut flowers Is dicussed by some bulb Mellema-Versteeg, Creil, N77C, bulbils green enthusiasts in the Internet 2013 Registered by Mts Scape straight, flowers white Seedheads as cut flowers Only photo seen, does not differ Mellema-Versteeg, Creil, 1255B, dense heads of green from the wild form 2013 capsules 'Guna' Selected by J. Ruksans Foliage nice, scape 1 m long with Allium macleanii × A. (Latvia); open pollinated globose umbels, petals wide, very hollandicum A. macleanii (A. elatum) bright purplish violet 'Hair' Registered by A.J. van Scape up to 70 cm, flower head of July - August Allium vineale den Berg / Flower Power small purplish bulbils with fine 19-09-2000 thread-like, green leaves 'Hairy Friend' Registered by Mts Flowers violet N81C with white Allium ampeloprasum Mellema-Versteeg, Creil, 155D 2012 'Handzorut' Handzorut, S Armenia Scape 20-30 cm, brownish pink Allium woronowii flowers 'Hidcote' Allium cernuum 'His Excellency' Allium macleanii 'Hodji-Obi-Garm' Allium stipitatum 'Huteri' Allium senescens Registered by A. Langedijk 31-12-1993 Stronger plants with greater flowers Leaves slowly withering during May - June bloom, scape 90 cm, flowers pinkish-violet deeper in color than A. macleanii Later renamed 'Glory of Pamir' Garden offspring in Leaves vividly green, slightly Southeast Europe twisted; scape 20 cm, umbels expected loose 'Iden Croft' Plants 30-40 cm, flowers pale probably A. senescens violet, leaves and umbels edible group, not A. tuberosum July 1993 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit Scape is ribbed ? Spots in full sun, drought- Also offered as Allium huteri, a resistant name of no botanical standing August to September 49 Spice plant with ornamental properties Classification subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Acmopetala subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Compactoprason subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Rhizirideum s. str. ? Cultivar and species 'Ineke' Allium schubertii × A. atropurpureum 'Ingela' Allium schubertii × A. atropurpureum 'Isabelle' Allium nutans 'Ivory Queen' Allium karataviense Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Remarks Registered by Peter C. Flowers violet 70A Nijssen 23-05-2008/ A. Langedijk, Zwaagdijk Registered by Peter C. Flowers violet 77B Nijssen 23-05-2008 / A. Langedijk, Zwaagdijk Plant height 50 - 60 cm, flowers June - July cream-white slightly pinkish Registered by Fa. Plant height 15 - 20 cm, large pure Quite late / H.G.M. Huyg & Zn. 13- creamy white flower balls, June 01-1997 seedpods light greenish white 'Jackpot' Leaves glossy green, height 100- May - June 120 cm, spherical large inflorescence with violet-blue, star-shaped flowers 'Jeannine' Registered by M.H. Robust and large, flowers golden June 1986 A.M., 1993 R.H.S. Allium moly Hoog 31-12-1978; yellow / bright yellow, often 2 Award of Garden Merit Spanish Pyrenees, flower scapes and earlier flowering 'John Dix' Registered by A. Scape 100 cm, flowers mauve, 1967 A.M., 1972 F.C.C. Allium giganteum × A. Twaalfhoven 31-12-1957 paler to the centre cristophii (?) 'Judith' Offered as ornamental, without Allium cepa picture 'Kara-Tau' Bugun and Berkara Rosette of short, broad leaves, June Allium karataviense gorges, Karatau range, scape 15 cm, umbels large dense, Kazakhstan flowers whitish / pale pinkish, seed capsules purplish tinged 'Kemerovo' Kusnetzk-Alatau range. No description found Allium victorialis Kemerovo district, W Siberia 'Kenton' No description found Offered as ornamental Allium porrum 'Kugart' Kugart, Fergan range, "Differs from all other known Allium oreophilum Kyrgyzstan (ARJA 9719) stocks" 50 Classification subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Miniprason subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Amerallium sect. Molium s. str. subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Cepa sect. Cepa subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Miniprason subg. Anguinum sect. Anguinum subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Porphyroprason sect. Porphyroprason Cultivar and species 'Kuramin's Dwarf' Allium oreophilum 'Kurilense' Allium splendens Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. 'Kusavli Curl' Allium oreophilum 'Leader' Allium alexeianum × A. nevskianum 'Lisa Blue' Allium lusitanicum 'Lisa Green' Allium lusitanicum Origin Kurama Ridge, Uzbekistan Specific characters Flow. period Use Plant height 5-8 cm, flowers very Rock gardens, pots dark purple Plant 10 cm, umbel 8-12-flowered, flowers lilac-purple Kusavli-sai, Tajikistan 'Lucy Ball' Allium macleanii × A. hollandicum ? 'Magic' Allium schubertii W. Hey Very dwarf plants with unusually curved leaves Robust plants like Allium 'Gimli', but with wider leaves and multiplies easier Leaves blue-grey, plants 20-40 cm, flowers lilac-violet Leaves glossy green, plants very compact 20 - 40 cm, flowers lilacviolet Leaves yellowish-green, wide, scape ribbed, 80-100 cm, head dense, flowers lilac-purple, sterile Flowers violet 71A Breeder ? P. de Jong Breeder ? P. de Jong Registered by J.L. Hopman, t'Zand 2013 / Emiel Hopman Pots, rock gardens 'Megaball' subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. August to September May - June Herbaceous borders, cut flowers, forcing 1972 T.G.A., 1973 A.M. Plant to 40 cm broad and 60 cm May - July Sunny beds and borders, high, pale pinkish-violet flowers in semi-dry to damp soil Leaves glossy, yellowish green May ? June / remaining green for a long time, quite late scape 100-120 cm, heads large up to 15 cm, flowers bright violet Registered by Mts Scape about 70 cm, flowers pale May - June Cut flowers, borders Mellema-Versteeg, Creil, blue-violet 76C / soft-pink 2014; selected from seedlings No description found 51 Classification subg. Porphyroprason sect. Porphyroprason subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Reticulatobulbosa subg. Porphyroprason sect. Porphyroprason subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Kaloprason July - August 'Major' Allium schoenoprasum 'Mars' Registered by A. Allium stipitatum Langedijk 31-12-1993 'Marshmellow' Allium loratum Remarks subg. Melanocrommyum Not found in recent catalogues Is no hybrid (Friesen et al. 1997) Not found in recent catalogues, botanical identity is unclear subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Kaloprason subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Compactoprason ? Unclear pictures in the web, this could belong to subg. name is also used for Solanum Melanocrommyum sect. pseudocapsicum and winter cherry Procerallium Cultivar and species Origin 'Meise' Breeder P. de Jong, Allium senescens Meise 'Mercurius' Allium cristophii hybrid ? 'Metallic Shine' A. atropurpureum × A. cristophii 'Meteor shower' Allium senescens × A. nutans × A. angulosum ? 'Miami' Allium atropurpureum hybrid ? 'Michael Hoog' or 'Michael H. Hoog' Allium rosenorum 'Millenium' Allium nutans 'Minor' or 'Minus' Allium flavum var. minus 'Mongolian Gem' Allium senescens [subsp. senescens] Specific characters Flow. period Use Plants 50-65 cm high, leaves June - July rather large, twisted, inflorescence 5 cm, flowers lilac-violet Registered by Fa. A. Leaves remain green for long time, June Beds, landscaping, cut Langedijk 30-08-2004 plants 80 cm, flower heads 10 cm flowers in diam., flowers violet-pink Registered by Mts Height 60-70 cm, leaves remain June - July Very good cut flowers, Mellema-Versteeg, Creil, green during anthesis, flowers borders 2013 violet 77B with brown-green 138A Breeder Mark Leaves narrow, slightly twisting, August McDonough scape 30-35 cm long, heads extra large, hemispherical with intensely colored buds and rose-pink flowers Registered by Kweeke- Scape 80 cm, pedicels of unequal June - July rsvereninging Bulbs of length, fairly open flower heads of Lowlands, Breezand red-purple / violet 70A flowers 2011 / A.W. Duivenvoorden, Callantsoog Registered by Hoog & Leaves narrow, ribbed, scape Begin of May Dix Export 25-08-2004 wholly ribbed, 100 - 120 / 70 - 80 / May - June cm, head large, moderately dense, up to 12 cm across, flowers intensely pinkish-purple Breeder Mark McDon- Narrow, glossy green leaves, Mid July ough, 3rd or 4th gener- compact plants 30 × 30 cm with 5 August for ation seedling of Allium cm rosy-purple flower heads several 'Satellite' weeks Flowers deep yellow, smaller than May ? June / the type, leaves plain green July Plants with an average height of 45 cm and a width of 20 cm Mixed borders, containers, rock gardens, groundcover 52 Remarks Classification subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Melanocrommyum Not found in recent catalogues subg. Melanocrommyum i subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Melanocrommyum Often offered under A. jesdianum; subg. Melanocrommyum is no hybrid (Friesen et al. 1997) sect. Procerallium subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. Cultivar and species Origin 'Monstrosum' Allium tuberosum 'Mont Blanc' Registered by N.J. Allium stipitatum Langedijk 29-06-1998 'Mother of Pearl' Allium hollandicum 'Mount Everest' Allium stipitatum 'No. 20-5-11' Specific characters A large variant of A. tuberosum 80 cm high Scape 100 / 120 cm, head large, up to 15 cm in diam., flowers true white, anthers white / yellow Registered by J. Bijl 31- Scape 80-100 cm, flowers violet12-1963 purple, slightly variable Registered by A. Scape 100 - 120 cm, large globuLangedijk 31-12-1993 lar umbels 10-12 cm in diam., flowers white, slightly greenish, anthers yellow No description found 'Nurek' Near Nurek, Tajikistan Allium rosenbachianum s. str. 'Olympic Mist' Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum 'Orissa' Mt. Olympus, Greece Registered by Maurits Pronk 21-06-2006 / Fa. Langedijk, Zwaagdijk 'Ostara' Registered by Van Allium karataviense × Woesik Veredeling i.o., A. atropurpureum Breezand 2013 'Oxy White' Allium cernuum Flow. period Use August Flower beds September May - June Remarks Dual use as spice plant and ornamental 1968 A.M., 1971 F.C.C. May - June 3-4 shiny, lettuce green, erect leaves, scape 1 m, umbel 16-18 cm large spherical, flowers winered Height 40 cm, flowers creme-white July - August to lilac with blue mid-veins Height 80 cm, flower heads large, fairly open, flowers red-purple / violet N80C Leaves 6-7, up to 30 cm long and 7.5 cm wide, scape 45-50 cm, purplish flushed, umbel 6-7 cm in diam., flowers star-shaped, 18-20 mm in diam., like filaments violet 70A with violet 77B / dark purple, ovary dark green with purple flush Almost white variant of A. cernuum, syn. A. oxyphilum Is no hybrid with A. hollandicum (Friesen et al. 1997) Classification subg. Butomissa sect. Butomissa subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium Only once offered, only photos seen Only once offered subg. Melanocrommyum ? sect. Procerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Megaloprason s. str. Taxonomic identity is not clear subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum Only once offered subg. Melanocrommyum ? Also offered under A. scorodopra- subg. Melanocrommyum sum; is the identical name used for different cultivars? subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason 53 Cultivar and species 'Ozawa' or 'Ozawas' Allium thunbergii Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use Makes cushions 25 cm high and Early to mid Mixed borders 20 cm wide, with showy plum fall coloured flowers 'Pam Harper' Leaves 20 cm × 1.2 cm, slightly Early June, Allium nutans twisted, glaucous, scape 40 cm reflowers with 5 cm globose balls of pure through the white flowers or light pink where end of the nights are cool September 'Passion' Registered by A.J. van Scape 80 cm, flowers green and June to July Allium scorodoprasum den Berg Flower Power pale violet / dark red 11-06-2009 'Pendjikent' 40 km S Pendjikent, Scape 1.2 m, very large umbel of Allium rosenorum Saravshan range, bright purple flowers, filaments Tajikistan (RKM-8224) white 'Per Wendelbo' Prov. Bamian, Afghani- Leaves lanceolate, scape 120 cm, May Allium jesdianum stan (W-4865) head large 15-17 cm, flowers deep purple, upper filament parts white 'Peter' Between Akseki and Scape 50-80 cm, slender, flowers Needs good drainage Allium Manavgat, Turkey reddish-purple in dense umbels sphaerocephalon 'Pettstadt' Flowers pink, profusely flowering Allium schoenoprasum 'Pinball Wizard' Registered by Fa. A. Scape 85 cm, inflorescence May - June Allium macleanii × A. Langedijk 26-06-2001 dense, large, flowers dark violet cristophii 'Pink' Pinkish flowering form Allium convallarioides 'Pink Cloud' Urungachsai, Pskem Scape long, flowers clean light Allium barsczewskii valley, Uzbekistan pink (ARJA-9746) 'Pink Feathers' Plants grow slowly, average height Mixed borders, contaiAllium senescens ? 30 cm width 40 cm, flowers showy, ners, rock gardens, cut hybrid fragrant, light purple flowers, edging 54 Remarks Classification subg. Cepa sect. Sacculiferum subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str subg. Allium sect. Allium Also offered under A. jesdianum and A. altissimum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium Belongs probably to subsp. angustitepalum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium Named after Peter Nijssen subg. Allium sect. Allium Not found in recent catalogues subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Allium sect. Codonoprasum subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Campanulata subg. Rhizirideum ? Cultivar and species 'Pink Form' Allium crenulatum 'Pink Globe' Allium stipitatum 'Pink Jewel' Allium nigrum L. s. str. Origin Hurrican ridge, Olympic Mts. Seedling selected by J. Ruksans (Latvia) Specific characters Flow. period Plants 10-15 cm high with pink April - June flowers Scape 1.2-1.4 m, umbels dense, globose, flowers distinctly pinkish Scape 80 cm, umbel 15 cm in June - July diam., semi-globular, flowers pink 'Pink Lady' Registered by Mts Flowers violet 70A with pale blueAllium ampeloprasum Mellema-Versteeg, Creil, violet 69D 2012 'Pink Perfection' Registered by Poyntz- Plants 30 cm, with distinct pink Allium schoenoprasum field Herb Nursery 21- flowers 02-1996 'Pink Planet' Plants 45-60 cm high, 35-45 cm August to Allium senescens wide, leaves wide, twisting, gray- September green, flower heads 5-8 cm with light pink to purple flowers 'Pink Vision' 80-100 cm May - June Allium rotundum ? 'Popeye' Looks like A. cepa, could also be a hybrid 'Powder Puff' Registered by Mts Plants about 50 cm, flowers star- May - June Allium nevskianum × A. Mellema-Versteeg, Creil, shaped, pale blue-violet 76B, over sarawschanicum 2013 median vein 77A / glossy violet, anthers white 'Profusion' Flowers pinkish-violet, rich Allium schoenoprasum flowering, does not set seed 'Pskem's Beauty' Earlier name of A. litA. caesium vinovii 'Aquamarine' 'Purple Caila' 'Purple Explosion' Allium hollandicum ? Registered by Fa. J.H. Oostdam 30-08-2004 Use Not found in recent catalogues Borders 1995 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit Flower beds in full sun to partial shade, drought resistant Borders, cut flowers Scape 90 cm, spherical heads 15 Late spring to Open sunny spots cm / large, flowers star-shaped, early summer violet / violet-purple, tepals pointed Flowers lilac 55 Remarks Classification subg. Amerallium sect. Amerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. Only once offered subg. Allium ? Offered as ornamental plant, taxonomic identity is unclear subg. Cepa sect. Cepa . subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Allium sect. Caerulea subg. Melanocrommyum ? Only once offered subg. Melanocrommyum Cultivar and species Origin 'Purple Gem' Near Of, Turkey Allium cardiostemon Specific characters Scape 40 cm, with a dense head of blackish-purple flowers 'Purple Gem' Allium oreophilum Habit compact, late blooming, flowers deep red with a dark purple centre 'Purple Giant' Registered by N.J. Langedijk 31-08-2004 'Purple King' Seed from Bot. Garden Scape 70 /-80 cm, head dense, 8Allium rosenorum Moscou, 1983 selected 10 cm, flowers dark purple by J. Ruksans, registered by Hoog & Dix Export 25-08-2004 'Purple Mystery' Registered by Mts Flowers violet N79C, fast growing Allium ampeloprasum Mellema-Versteeg, Creil, and first flowering selection 2012 'Purple Rain' Height 70 - 80 / 90 - 100 cm, Allium cristophii hybrid flowers deep ink-violet / purple ? with metallic glance 'Purple Rhapsody' Registered by Th. P. No description found Warmerdam 08-09-2004 'Purple Sensation' Registered by J. Bijl 31- Scape basally ribbed, 60 - 80 / 90 Allium hollandicum 12-1963 cm, head moderately dense, flowers deep-purple, color slightly variable 'Purple Surprise' Allium hollandicum Clone of 'Purple Sensat- Scape 70 / 100 cm, flowers ion', registered by W. brighter, bloom later Hey 31-12-1984 / Th. P. Warmerdam 24-10-2001 'Purple Suze' Registered by J.M. van Height 120 cm, head compact, Allium hollandicum × A. Berkel B.V., Hillegom, large, flowers violet 77B / pinkstipitatum 2013, mutant of 'Gladiator' purple Flow. period Use Remarks Classification subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. subg. Porphyroprason sect. Porphyroprason Not found in recent catalogues End of May - Herbaceous beds and June borders, cut flowers May - June Also offered under A. jesdianum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium Not found in recent catalogues subg. Allium sect. Allium Cut flowers subg. Melanocrommyum Not found in recent catalogues Mid to end of Herbaceous beds, cut May - June flowers, borders, forcing 1968 & 1987 A.M., 1971 F.C.C. 1993 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit End of May Herbaceous beds, cut flowers, forcing 1984 T.G.A.; 2002 R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit June - July Fertile well drained soil, in full sun or partial shade 56 subg. Melanocrommyum ? subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium Cultivar and species Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use 'Razjon' Near Razjon, Tajikistan Leaves usually 4-5, up to 13 cm Allium rosenbachianum wide, arched curved, scape 90 cm, umbel 20 cm large, flowers pinkish purple 'Red and Pink Giant No description found Mix' Allium karataviense 'Red Eye' Scape 60 cm, umbel rather flat, June - July Allium basalticum flowers large, tepals pure white Fragman & R.M. with green median vein, filaments Fritsch basally pinkish-red, ovary glossy purple-red, anthers golden yellow 'Red Giant' Kurama ridge, Scape short, "leaves as large as May - June Allium karataviense Uzbekistan (SAVVtwo A4 format pages" ?, umbel 9525) very large, dense, flowers deep reddish purple 'Red Globe' Tovaksai, Karshantau Leaves narrower, scape 20 - 40 May - June Allium karataviense range, Uzbekistan E cm, head larger, umbel up to 25 / subsp. henrikii Ruksans Tashkent (ARJA-9678) 20 cm diam., flowers red to purple 'Red Mohican' Plants 100 cm high, flowers July Allium amethystinum bordeaux-red with white anthers 'Rien Poortvliet' Sport of 'Gladiator', Scape 90 cm, flowers amethyst- May - June Allium hollandicum × A. registered by W. Hey 31- violet, earlier flowering stipitatum 12-1980 'Rising Star' Plants compact, umbels globose April - June / Borders, rock gardens, Allium schoenoprasum 2.5 cm in diam., flowers pink / early in the container planting, for lavender-pink, blooms profusely summer confined areas 'Rose Picture' Registered by Mts Flowers pale blue-violet 76A, over Allium ampeloprasum Mellema-Versteeg, Creil, median vein dark green N137A 2013 'Roseum' Flowers pink Allium senescens 57 Remarks Only once offered Classification subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Megaloprason s. str. Only once offered, perhaps no cultivar but a special offer subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Miniprason Perhaps identical to 'Silver Springs' subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Miniprason From the type location of this subspecies subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Miniprason subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum Not found in recent catalogues subg. Allium sect. Allium Not found in recent catalogues subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. Cultivar and species Origin Specific characters Flow. period Use 'Rosy Dream' Registered by Mts Mel- Flowers violet N80C Borders, not for cut lema-Versteeg, Creil, flowers 2013; selected seedling 'Rosy Giant' Registered by A. Twaalf- Scape 100 cm, flowers amaranthAllium giganteum hoven 31-12-1959 rose edged darker 'Roter Zuckerhut' Scape 80 cm, inflorescence May Allium amethystinum conical, flowers deep purple hybrid ? 'Round n' Purple' = Registered by Th. P. Height 80 - 90 / 90 - 120 cm, End of May 'Round and Purple' = Warmerdam 19-11-1997 inflorescence dense, depressed'Round & Purple' globose 20-25 cm, larger than Allium cristophii × A. 'Globemaster', flowers amethystmacleanii ("elatum") violet / purple-violet 'Rubra' Karanchitogai, Chatkal 3-4 very wide leaves, scape 10 Allium karataviense range, Uzbekistan 15 cm, flower heads large, dense, flowers very deep purplish red 'Russia' 'Samur' Allium oreophilum 'Sara' Allium angulosum 'Satellite' Allium nutans hybrid 'Scarlet Beauty' Allium barsczewskii 'Sevilla' 'Shalom' Upper course of river Samur, Daghestan, Russia Breeder ? Piet de Jong Scape 10-15 cm, leaves longer, umbels large, dense, flowers purplish red Scape 40-50 cm, flowers lilacJuly - August Also pots violet Breeder ? Mark Scape 60-70 cm tall, often 2-3 July to mid McDonough, seedling of scapes emerging from each sprout August 'Constellation' Aman-Kutan pass, Uzb- Habit comparatively compact, ekistan (ARJA-9854) flowers abundantly in a bright scarlet red Registered by Maurits Flowers strong purple RHS 77B Pronk 21-06-2006/ Fa. UCL #218 Langedijk, Zwaagdijk Registered by C. Broeze Scape 160-175 cm, flowers violet31-12-1977 purple 58 Remarks Classification Is an American species, not A. subg. Polyprason sect. carolinianum! Not found in recent Falcatifolia catalogues Not found in recent catalogues subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Compactoprason subg. Allium subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Miniprason Only once offered, photo similar to subg. Melanocrommyum A. aflatunense s.str. ? subg. Porphyroprason sect. Porphyroprason subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Reticulatobulbosa sect. Campanulata The plant is similar to 'Globemaster', also a leek 'Sevilla' exists subg. Melanocrommyum ? Not found in recent catalogues subg. Melanocrommyum ? Cultivar and species Origin 'Shepherds Crook' Allium schoenoprasum 'Shing' Shing gorge, Tajikistan Allium rosenorum (RKM-8220), registered by Hoog & Dix Export 25-08-2004 'Silver Springs' = 'Sil- Registered by C.S. verspring' Weijers & Zn. 29-05Allium basalticum Fra- 2008; fom Israel gman & R.M. Fritsch 'Sina' Allium nevskianum Sina, Uzbekistan 'Snowcap' = 'Alba' Allium barsczewskii Urungachsai, Pskem valley, Uzbekistan (ARJA-9745) 'South bells' Allium tripedale ? 'Spider' Allium schubertii × A. atropurpureum 'Spitak' Allium woronowii 'Statos' or 'Stratos' Allium hollandicum ? 'Stellar Dust' Allium nutans × A. senescens hybrid? 'Sugar Melt' Allium nutans × A. senescens hybrid ? Specific characters Scape to 5 cm, leaves contorted Flow. period Use Bulbs yellowish, leaves yellowish / Earliest grey green, scape 70 cm, umbels blooming very dense, flowers dark purple Remarks Not found in recent catalogues Sometimes offered under A. jesdianum Scape 75-90 cm, umbels semiMay - June globose, flowers white 155D / crème with red / dark purple ovaries and red filament bases, sweet scent 1 elliptic leaf, scape very short, flowers greenish white with purple midrib Flowers pure snow-white Classification subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. Also wrongly offered under A. alexeianum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Kaloprason Probably A. barsczewskii f. niveum subg. Reticulatobulbosa Krassovsk. sect. Campanulata Plants 30-50 cm (?) Only photo seen subg.Nectaroscordum? Registered by Bulbs of Plant height 60 cm, flowers violet June - July Lowlands 02-09-2009 N78B with dark green 136B subg. Melanocrommyum Spitak district, Armenia Scape 40-50 cm, umbels tight, flowers large, star shaped, pink, strong smell of carnations Registered by J.M. van Plant height 100 cm, flowers violet Early May Berkel B.V. 15-09-2005 77C / lilac-purple Breeder ? Mark Inflorescences very dense, flowers August McDonough with stamens well exserted, literally look like pin cushions Leaves narrow, green, scape c. 35 July cm with pale pink, dome-shaped September flower balls subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. subg. Melanocrommyum 59 subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. Rock gardens, low maintenance and drought tolerant subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. Cultivar and species Origin 'Sulev's Dwarf' Selected by Sulev Allium oreophilum Savisaar, Estonia 'Summer Beauty' Allium lusitanicum misnamed A. tanguticum 'Summer Drummer' Allium ampeloprasum 'Summer Pink' Allium senescens 'Sunset' Allium komarowii 'Superbum' Allium nutans 'Sweet Discovery' 'Talish' Allium paradoxum var. normale 'Titan' Allium stipitatum 'Turkish Delight' Allium akaka auct. × A. "lyaconicum" Specific characters Flow. period Use 2 narrow leaves, scape only 5 cm, Pots umbel dense, flowers darkest reddish purple Selected by Roy Diblik Long-lasting, clump-forming (June) July to Beds, ground cover, plants, leaves flat, strap-shaped, August drought-tolerant, shiny green, scapes tall, 5 cm untroubled by pests or globes of pallid mauvish flowers diseases and long-lived Registered by Mts Scape purple 1.5-1.8 m, compact July - August Good soil with sufficient Mellema-Versteeg 20- head up to 12 cm diam., flowers water supply but good 01-2006 / W. Mellema, violet 71A with white 155D / drainage, grows well and Creil; selected seedling purple, anthers white makes large bulbs Open pollinated seedling The gray leaves swirl and twist, August of A. senescens "subsp. scape tall, flower heads large glaucum" hemispherical (2-3 per sprout) From a single bulb found Flowers significantly darker and in the original A. richer in color Seisums introduction Leaves dark green, scape up to 50 Early Borders, edging, ground cm, heads very dense, flowers summer / cover, containers; sun purple / dark pink August loving and drought tolerant Registered by F.J. van No description found der Zalm 31-12-1993 Talish, S Azerbaijan Scape 30 cm, flowers white, umbel Woodland conditions, can (RSZ-8713) never with aerial bulbils naturalize in shade, can suffer from strong sunlight Selected by L. Bondar- The largest form of A. stipitatum enko from Tajik material seen by the breeder and the largest allium in his collection Selected by A. Seisums Leaves like A. akaka, stocky plant, (Latvia) scape c. 20 cm, umbel very dense, flowers long-lasting, cup-shaped, pink with greenish-pink vein, delicate smell of carnations 60 Remarks Also wrongly offered as A. angulosum cultivar Classification subg. Porphyroprason sect. Porphyroprason subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Allium sect. Allium subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Compactoprason Also offered as A. superbum, a name of no botanical standing Rarely offered, with different pictures subg. Rhizirideum s. str. sect. Rhizirideum s. str. subg. Amerallium sect. Briseis subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Melanocrommyum Cultivar and species 'Twinkling Stars' Allium giganteum 'Universe' or 'Univers' Allium cristophii hybrid ? Origin Registered by G. Turk 28-08-2009 Registered by Fa. A. Langedijk 26-06-2001 'Vardaovit' Allium woronowii Vardaovit, Armenia 'Venus' Specific characters Flowers violet 70B Scape stout, taller than A. cristophii, heads usual spherical not so dense as 'Globemaster', flowers violet / in metallic purple shade Scape only 15-20 cm Registered by P. Flowers deep reddish purple RHS Langedijk 15-10-2004 77A UCL #238 'Violet Beauty' Registered by J.J.M. Scape 60 - 80 / 100 cm, flowers Twaalfhoven 31-12-1979 mineral-violet / very light purple RHS 76B UCL #221 with a green mid-vein on the back 'Violet Sensation' No description given 'Wallington White' Registered by Monksil- Plants 50 cm, scape strong, balls Allium schoenoprasum ver Nursery 31-12-1992 dense, globose, flowers white 'White' Plants dense 15-20 cm high, Allium maximowiczii leaves fine, silvery-grey, umbels compact, semi-globose, flowers white 'White Beauty' Seedling selected by J. Flowers purest white Allium woronowii Ruksans (Latvia) 'White Cloud' Allium ampeloprasum ? 'White Dwarf' Allium cernuum 'White Dwarf' Allium tuberosum Flow. period Use Remarks Not offered in recent catalogues Rock gardens, pots Classification subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Compactoprason subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. subg. Melanocrommyum June Looks like A. altissimum s.str. May Allium hollandicum or hybrid of A. subg. Melanocrommyum cristophii ? Only once offered April - June Borders, rock gardens April - May Plants 80 / 125 cm, umbel dense May Taxonomic identity is unclear globular, flowers white Height only 10-15 cm, flowers (May) June - Sunny places with damp white July soil, or dry spots in semishade Plants 15 cm high, flowers white Mid summer Open, sunny positions with gritty, well drained soil 61 subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Melanocrommyum s. str. sect. Allium ? subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason subg. Butomissa sect. Butomissa Cultivar and species 'White Empress' Allium rosenorum 'White Giant' Allium stipitatum Origin Registered by Fa. A. Langedijk 14-08-2008 Registered by Gebr. Valkering, Egmont aan den Hoef, 2012 Specific characters Flow. period Use Scape 60-80 cm, flowers white April - May Borders, cut flowers NN155C Leaves upright, 60 cm, persisting May until flowering is over, scape 1.2 1.5 / 1.5 - 1.8 m, flowers white 155D 'White Max' Scape 35-40 cm, buds pink, May to July Allium cernuum flowers white 'Wildform' Collected in the Koralpe, Excellent bright pink flower color, Allium schoenoprasum Carinthia, Austria but not so profusely flowering like other cultivars 'World Cup' Selected by J. Ruksans Very decorative foliage, scape 70 - May - June Allium macleanii × A. (Latvia), seedling of 80 / 100 - 120 cm, flowers look like stipitatum ? open pollinated A. A. macleanii but bulb like A. macleanii stipitatum 'Zaamin' Zaamin, Turkestan 1 elliptic leaf, scape very short, Allium alexeianum range, Uzbekistan umbel globose, flowers greenish white, tepals with purple midrib 'Zaamin' Zaamin, Turkestan Flowers clear dark blue with even Allium caesium range, Uzbekistan darker mid-vein (ARJA-9889, 9771) 'Zephyr' Selected by L. Bondar- Very light rose flowers, long-lasting Healthy and well Allium karataviense enko (Lithuania) bloom, and large purple capsules multiplying clone 'Zwanenburg' Registered by Tubergen Flowers lilac-purple with darker 1993 R.H.S. Award of Allium oreophilum 31-12-1954 mid-veins Garden Merit 62 Remarks Also offered under A. jesdianum and A. rosenbachianum auct. Is no hybrid (Friesen et al. 1997) Classification subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Procerallium subg. Amerallium sect. Lophioprason subg. Cepa sect. Schoenoprasum subg. Melanocrommyum subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Kaloprason subg. Allium sect. Caerulea subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Miniprason subg. Porphyroprason sect. Porphyroprason Complete names for subgenera and sections referred to in the tables subg. Melanocrommyum (Webb & Berthel.) Rouy - - - sect. Acanthoprason Wendelbo - - - sect. Acmopetala R.M. Fritsch - - - sect. Asteroprason R.M. Fritsch - - - sect. Compactoprason R.M. Fritsch - - - sect. Decipientia (Omelczuk) R.M. Fritsch - - - sect. Kaloprason K. Koch - - - sect. Longibidentata (R.M. Fritsch) R.M. Fritsch subg. Allium - - - sect. Allium - - - sect. Avulsea F.O. Khass. - - - sect. Brevispatha Valsecchi - - - sect. Caerulea (Omelcz.) F.O. Khass. - - - sect. Codonoprasum Rchb. - - - sect. Mediasia F.O. Khass., Yengal. & N. Friesen - - - sect. Multicaulea F.O. Khass. & Yengal. - - - sect. Pallasia (Tzag.) F.O. Khass., R.M. Fritsch & N. Friesen subg. Amerallium Traub - - - sect. Amerallium Traub - - - sect. Arctoprasum - - - sect. Briseis (Salisb.) Stearn - - - sect. Bromatorrhiza Ekberg - - - sect. Caulorhizideum Traub - - - sect. Chamaeprason F. Herm. - - - sect. Lophioprason Traub - - - sect. Molium G. Don ex Koch s. str. subg. Amerallium Traub - - - sect. Narkissoprason (F. Herm.) Kamelin - - - sect. Rhophetoprason Traub subg. Anguinum (G. Don ex Koch) N. Friesen - - - sect. Anguinum G. Don ex Koch subg. Butomissa (Salisb.) N. Friesen - - - sect. Butomissa (Salisb.) Kamelin subg. Cepa (Mill.) Radić - - - sect. Annuloprason T.V. Egor. - - - sect. Cepa (Mill.) Prokh. - - - sect. Sacculiferum P.P. Gritz. - - - sect. Schoenoprasum Dumort. subg. Cyathophora (R.M. Fritsch) R.M. Fritsch - - - sect. Coleoblastus Ekberg - - - sect. Cyathophora R.M. Fritsch subg. Melanocrommyum (Webb & Berthel.) Rouy - - - sect. Megaloprason Wendelbo s. str. - - - sect. Melanocrommyum Webb & Berthel. s. str. - - - sect. Miniprason R.M. Fritsch - - - sect. Popovia F.O. Khass. & R.M. Fritsch - - - sect. Procerallium R.M. Fritsch - - - sect. Regeloprason Wendelbo - - - sect. Stellata (F.O. Khass. & R.M. Fritsch) R.M. Fritsch subg. Nectaroscordum (Lindl.) Asch. & Graebn. - - - sect. Nectaroscordum (Lindl.) Gren. & Godr. subg. Polyprason Radić - - - sect. Daghestanica (Tscholok.) N. Friesen - - - sect. Falcatifolia N. Friesen - - - sect. Oreiprason F. Herm. - - - sect. Scorodon W.D.J. Koch s. str. subg. Porphyroprason (Ekberg) R.M. Fritsch - - - sect. Porphyroprason Ekberg subg. Reticulatobulbosa (Kamelin) N. Friesen - - - sect. Campanulata Kamelin - - - sect. Reticulatobulbosa Kamelin - - - sect. Scabriscapa (Tscholok.) N. Friesen - - - sect. Sikkimensia (Traub) N. Friesen subg. Rhizirideum (G. Don ex Koch) Wendelbo s. str. - - - sect. Rhizirideum G. Don ex Koch s. str. 63 Acknowledgements The compiler would like to thank Dr. J. Ruksans (Rozula, Latvia), Dr. J. v. Scheepen (KAVB, Hillegom, The Netherlands), and Mr. D. Smit (Haarlem, The Netherlands) for substantial support by sending printed catalogues, registration lists, and other suitable references. 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