Allium tripedale
Trautv.
Honey lily, Honey garlic
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - spice
The leaves are used as a spice.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Caucasus, Europe, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Turkey, Türkiye,
Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, Yemen
How to Identify
An onion herb. The flowers are pink to violet and bell shaped. There are 30 in a group.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Allium tripedale is a species of wild onion native to the Caucasus (North + South), Iraq, Turkey, and northern Iran. It is related to Allium siculum. It produces up to 30 pink-violet bell-shaped flowers per umbel.
Names & Synonyms
Allium roseum subsp. persicum Bornm.Nectaroscordum persicum (Bornm.) Bornm.Nectaroscordum tripedale (Trautv.) Traub.
References (1)
- Kusterer, J. & Keusgen, M., 2010, Cysteine sulfoxides and volatile sulfur compounds from Allium tripedale. J Agric Food Chem. 2010 Jan 27;58(2):1129-37
