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Allium commutatum (Maritime Wild Leek) |
Allium commutatum (AMARYLLIDACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Allium commutatumGuss.
Published in Enum. Pl. Inar. 339 (1854) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Amaryllidaceae
Jaume St.-Hil (The Daffodil or Amaryllis Family)
28 species from the Amaryllidaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Maritime Wild Leek, Sea Garlic |
Maltese name(s) : |
Kurrat tax-xatt |
Status for Malta : |
Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: GEOPHYTE ( bearing underground bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, etc. )
Germination [info]: Monocotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Not legally protected till the last update of this website (2/Mar/2022) |
Red List (1989) : |
Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands |
Flowering Time : |
June – July |
Colour of Flowers: |
Pink or White |
Toxicity: |
Mildy toxic, can cause adverse conditions if consumed in large quantities |
Name Derivation : |
Allium: The classical Latin name for garlic. (Latin origin )
commutatum: meaning changed or altered but in taxonomy it is often used for a species that is quite variable and was previously included in another species and have been described as a new and different species. In other words it was previously included in another species. (Latin origin ) 2 = In this case this allusion can be referred to the closely related species - Allium ampeloprasum.
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Planting in rural areas : |
Can be planted in rural areas according to ERA Guidelines |
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Description, Habitat and Distribution | |
Habitat in Europe: |
Open habitats near the sea; ocassionally in abandoned fields | |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Shallow rocky coasts | |
Botanical Description: |
Bulbs up to 6 cm in diameter, subglobose; outer tunics membranous or coriaceous, enclosing large yellowish bulblets. Stem up to 180 cm, solid. Leaves 5-11, up to 50 x 5 cm, sheathing the lower 1/4-2/3 of the stem, canaliculate but not keeled, glabrous. Spathe 1-valved, with ovoid base c. 2 cm, abruptly contracted above into a 2-edged beak 16-30 cm, caducous. Perianth ovoid; segments 4 x 1.5 mm, whitish-pink or dull magenta with green or purple keel, the outer lanceolate, acute, strongly concave, the inner narrowly obovate, obtuse, with serrate margin, all covered externally with minute papillae (only visible under microscope). Stamens exserted; outer 3 filaments c. 5 mm, usually tricuspidate with the basal lamina c. 0.5 mm wide, or sometimes simple; inner with the base c. 1 mm wide, the base and the lateral cusps about as long as the central cusp. Capsule c. 4 mm. | |
Chromosome number: |
2n=16, 24, 32 | |
Distributional range: |
C. & E. Mediterranean region |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Corse, Crete, Greece, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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AE(G) Bl Co Cr Gr It Ju Sa Si Tu(A) |
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
