Allium sphaerocephalon L.

Spice Flower detail Flower

Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Allium

Spanish common name: Ajo de cigüeña.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Rocky coastlines. Fields and dry soils.

Characteristics: This wild garlic is characterized but its semi-cylindrical leaves, with a hollow exterior, flowers are reddish in colour with two or three spathes at the base of the inflorescence that do not fall-off. Flowers during the summer.