About Allium cyrilli Ten.
Allium cyrilli Ten. is a plant species native to Greece, Turkey, and the Apulia region of southeastern Italy. This species produces a single egg-shaped bulb, and has wide, fleshy leaves that are U-shaped in cross section. Its scape is robust, and can grow up to 100 cm tall. It bears an umbel holding a large number of tightly crowded flowers, each with a long, fleshy pedicel. The flower tepals are pale lavender with prominent green midstripes. The tepals surround a large, conspicuous three-lobed deep purple ovary.
