Allium meteoricum

Allium meteoricum
In the Meteora municipality
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. meteoricum
Binomial name
Allium meteoricum

Allium meteoricum is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.[1] It is native to northern Greece.[2] A clump-forming bulbous geophyte reaching 15 cm (6 in), it has rounded umbels of flowers with pink petals and yellow anthers.[1] The Royal Horticultural Society considers it a good plant to attract pollinators.[1] The species is diploid and has a chromosome number 2n = 16. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Allium meteoricum". Find a plant. The Royal Horticultural Society. 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Allium meteoricum Heldr. & Hausskn. ex Halácsy". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 September 2025. Recorded in error in: Albania, NW. Balkan Pen.
  3. ^ Brullo, Salvatore; Brullo, Cristian; Cambria, Salvatore; Giusso Del Galdo, Gianpietro; Salmeri, Cristina (2019). "Allium albanicum (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from Balkans and its relationships with A. meteoricum Heldr. & Hausskn. Ex Halácsy". PhytoKeys (119): 117–136. Bibcode:2019PhytK.119..117B. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.119.30790. PMC 6477838.