Allium lusitanicum Lam.

Ail des montagnes (fr), Ail du Portugal (fr), Ail douteux (fr), Ail des collines (fr), Ail de Lusitanie (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Allium

Characteristics

An onion plant.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible bulbs flowers leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Allium lusitanicum habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Allium lusitanicum habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Allium lusitanicum habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Allium lusitanicum leaf picture by Tomaž Jančar (cc-by-sa)
Allium lusitanicum leaf picture by Franco Colnago (cc-by-sa)
Allium lusitanicum leaf picture by Cristian Zanella Cristian Zanella (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Allium lusitanicum flower picture by Raphael Weiß (cc-by-sa)
Allium lusitanicum flower picture by Léo TETREL (cc-by-sa)
Allium lusitanicum flower picture by laurent boniface (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Allium lusitanicum fruit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Allium lusitanicum fruit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Allium lusitanicum fruit picture by Else Nolden (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Allium lusitanicum world distribution map, present in Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528348-1
WFO ID wfo-0000756644
COL ID 669F2
BDTFX ID 3065
INPN ID 81423
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Allium petraeum Allium acutangulum Allium acutangulum Allium fallax Allium leptophyllum Allium fallens Allium angulosum Allium montanum subsp. leptophyllum Allium senescens subsp. lusitanicum Allium senescens subsp. montanum Allium fallax subsp. montanum Allium montanum var. fallax Allium montanum var. leptophyllum Allium schoenoprasum subsp. lusitanicum Allium angulosum var. montanum Allium montanum f. subbulbilliferum Allium lusitanicum