Allium jubatumJ.F.Macbr. Sülün Soğanı (in Turkish)

Allium jubatumJ.F.Macbr. - Sülün Soğanı (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Bulb ovoid, 0.8−1.5 cm diam.; outer tunics black. Stem 15−40 cm, slender. Leaves narrowly semiterete, 2−3 mm broad, channelled, fistulose, multistriate, shorter than stem. Spathe membranous, 10−12 mm, ovate, shortly acuminate, soon torn. Umbel globose, 1.5−2(−2.5) cm diam. Pedicels 2−3 mm, slightly unequal. Perianth oblong-campanulate; segments 6 mm, outer ones purple, scabrid, oblong subobtuse, inner whitish with purplish tip, oblong-spathulate, very obtuse, upper part cristate with small teeth. Inner filaments ciliolate at base; median cusp short, lateral cusps elongate, slightly exserted. Capsule 3−4 mm, pale brown, shorter than persistent perianth.

 

Flowering time: May−June.

Habitat: Calcareous rocks, 200−1000 m.

 

Reference:
Kollmann F (1984). Allium jubatum Macbride, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 8: 191.

Public Description:

Allium jubatum, common name “sülün soğanı” in Turkish, is distributed in Central Bulgaria and Northwest Turkey. It is a perennial bulbous plant with purple flowers up to 40 cm in lenght. It blooms between May and June and is found in calcareous rocks.

 

References:

Anonymous (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=9001/, Accessed date: 21.02.2016.

Koyuncu M (2012). Allium L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 30–44.