Allium roseum L.

Spice Bulbs Flower In the field

Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Allium

Catalan common name: All de bruixa. All de moro. Allassa vermella. Porradell bord.

Spanish common name: Ajo de culebra. Ajo rosado.

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Aromatic.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Therophytic calicole fields. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones.

Characteristics: This is the only Allium with bright pink flowers, and shiny, bright green leaves. It lives in many different habitats, but is often found by roadsides and in arable land. Sometimes the flowers abort and are substituted by bulbels in the inflorescence.