Allium subvillosum Salzm. ex Schult. & Schult.f., it is a bulbous geophyte, Bulbs up to 1.5 cm in diameter, sub globose; outer tunics membranous. Stem 5-40 cm, terete. Leaves 2-5, 6-30 cm x 2-20 mm, almost basal, linear, ciliate. Spathe up to 1.5 cm, 1-valved, often becoming 3-lobed, persistent. Umbel 2.5-4.5 cm in diameter, hemispherical, many-flowered; pedicels up to 20 mm, up to twice as long as the perianth-segments. Perianth broadly cup-shaped; segments 5-9 x 1.5-2 mm, completely white, the outer narrowly ovate, the inner narrowly elliptical, obtuse or acute. Stamens slightly shorter to slightly longer than perianth; filaments 6-11 mm; anthers yellow. Capsule 3.5-4 mm.
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