Liliaceae

A.ampeloprasum L., Sp.Pl.294 (1753). Syn: A. halleri G. Don, Monogr. All. 15 (1827); A. ampeloprasum L. var. leucanthum (C. Koch) Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4:164(1852);A. ampeloprasum L.var. wiedemannii Regel, All. Monogr. 55 (1875)! Ic: Pal. J. Bot., Jer. Ser. 3:19, f. 9-12 (1943); Wilde-Duyfjes, Revis. Allium Africa 67, t. 10 & 11 (1976). Figure 6. Map 21.
Bulb broadly ovoid to subglobose, 2-6 cm diam.; outer tunics ash-grey, papery, easily split; bulblets ± spherical or helmet-shaped, 3-5 mm diam., numerous, yellowish, borne on short stalks or nearly sessile and remaining crowded close to parent bulb even after disintegration of bulb tunics. Stem 50-180 cm, stout Leaves 4-10, 5-20 mm broad, flat, keeled, sheathing lower 1/3-1/2 of stem. Spathe to 8 cm, 1-valved, long-beaked, caducous. Umbel usually globose, 5-9cmdiam., many-flowered, dense. Pedicels purple, reddish, lilac or green, 20-36 ram, unequal, several times longer than perianth. Perianth cup-shaped or broadly campanulate; segments white, purple, lilac or green with or without a green midvein, 4-5 mm, not overlapping, with large sparse papillae especially around midvein or smooth; outer usually oblong, concave, subacute, inner broadly ovate, obtuse, apiculate. Filaments purple, lilac or white, somewhat exserted, ciliolate near base; inner 3-cuspidate, median cusp shorter than lateral cusps, lateral cusps thin, twisted. Anthers purple or yellow. Style exserted. Capsule 4 mm. 2n = 40. Fl. (5-)6-7. Pinus brutia forest, macchie, scrub, cliffs and rocks, rocky steppe, olive groves, roadsides, ruins, sandy beaches, s.l.-1300 m.
Lectotype (designated by Wilde-Duyfjes in Taxon 22:59,1973): aspecimen collected by Newton, originating from an old cultivated stock on Steep Holm Island, England (BM-Hb. Sloan 152, folio 153).
Turkey-in-Europe, Outer & (rarely) Inner Anatolia, Islands. A1(E) Tekirdağ: Gaziköy to Hoşkoy, N. & E. Özhatay (ISTE 30451)! A2(E) Istanbul: Sariyer, 20 km N. of Istanbul, 130 m, Edmondson 437! A2(A) Istanbul: Heybeli Ada, s.L-150 m, Urdl 265! A3 Bilecik: Bilecik to Pazaryeri, 500 m, D. 36478! A5*Samsun: Kizilinnak at Vezirköprü, 400 m, Tobey 2391! A6 Samsun: Samsun, nr harbour, Keserçioğlu (EGE 16439)! Bl Izmir: hill N. of Bornova, 80 m, Hub.-Mor. 2575! B3 Afyon: Çay, 1300 m, A. Baytop (ISTE 28983)! B4 Ankara: nr Elma Da., Wiedemann 1834! CI Muğla: 35 km from Milas to Söke, 10-20 m, D. 34985! C2 Denizli: Karabayir, Çameli, 1200 m, N. & E. Özhatay & Tuzlaci(lSTE 44957)! C3 Antalya: Side ruins, Karaman-oğlu & Koyuncu (AEF 2203)! C4 lçel: d. Silifke, E. of Taşucu, Alava 6729! C5 lçel: Arslanköy, Yeniköy, 900 m, Koyuncu et al. (AEF 4997)! C6 Adana: 10-14 km E. of Osmaniye towards Yarpuz, 600-900 m, Sorger 71-34-44! C8 Mardin: Mardin, 24 v 1883, Chiovenda. Is: lmroz (Gökçeada), Seçmen et al.; Lesvos, Cand.; Ikaria, Rech. ofas.; Samos, Gathome-Hardy 816! Kos, Pili to Kardamena, Rech. 7965! Rodhos, 3 km S.S.W. of Lardos, 20 m, Bothmer 22981!
N. Africa, W. & S. Europe, W. Syria, N. Iraq, Iran, Caucasia? Medit. element?