Allium meteoricum
| Allium meteoricum | |
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| 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
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| 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
- ^ a b c "Allium meteoricum". Find a plant. The Royal Horticultural Society. 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.