Allium vineale L.

Spice

Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Allium

Catalan common name: All de colobra.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. 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. Therophytic calicole fields. Fields, road sides.

Characteristics: White-flowered garlic with bulbils at the inflorescence. The bract covering the inflorescence ends in an elongated point. Stamens are tricuspate and project outwards from the flower. The bulb is surrounded by hemispheric bulblets.

Observations: This plant is rare in the Balearic islands.