Allium paniculatum L.

Spice

Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Allium

Catalan common name: Calabruixa.

Spanish common name: Ajo porro. Ajo silvestre.

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated fields, road sides and disturbed zones.

Characteristics: Cultivated fields and roadsides, in ruderal and dry places. A bulbous plant with cylindrical or semi cylindrical leaves more than 0.5 mm in width. Characterized by the absence of bulbletes on the umbel, by the noncuspate staminal filaments, the presence of a two valved spathe and for the flowering pedicels, longer than the perianth.