About Allium curtum Boiss. & Gaill.
Allium curtum Boiss. & Gaill. is a species of flowering plant belonging to the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. This species is native to Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, the Sinai Peninsula, Syria, and Turkey. It is a bulb-forming perennial that produces a tight, head-like umbel of green or purple flowers. Two subspecies are currently accepted. The autonymic subspecies Allium curtum subsp. curtum is found in Egypt including Sinai, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and Cyprus. The other accepted subspecies is Allium curtum subsp. palaestinum Feinbrun, which occurs in the Rafah region of northeastern Sinai.
