Allium subvillosum

Allium subvillosum, the spring garlic, is a European and North African species of wild onion native to southern Iberia, the Balearic Islands, Sicily, northern Africa (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and the Canary Islands) and the Azores^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} where it might be introduced.^[9]

Spring garlic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. subvillosum
Binomial name
Allium subvillosum Salzm. ex Schult. & Schult. f.
Synonyms[1]
Species synonymy Allium album var. purpurascens Maire & Weiller Allium chamaemoly Viv. 1824, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 Allium humbertii Maire Allium subhirsutum Desf. Allium subhirsutum Rchb. Allium subhirsutum var. canariense Regel Allium subhirsutum f. purpurascens (Maire & Weiller) Vindt Allium subhirsutum var. purpurascens (Maire & Weiller) Maire & Weiller Allium subhirsutum var. subvillosum (Salzm. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Ball Allium subhirsutum subsp. subvillosum (Salzm. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Duyfjes Allium subhirsutum var. vernale (Tineo) Bonnet & Barratte Allium vernale Tineo

Allium subvillosum is a bulb-forming perennial up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are long and narrow, with long white hairs clearly visible to the naked eye. Umbel is hemispherical, with 15-20 flowers on long pedicels. Flowers are white with yellow anthers.^[10][11]

formerly included^[12]

Allium subvillosum var. clusianum, now called Allium subhirsutum