Allium pallens

Allium pallens produces a single egg-shaped bulb. Scape is up to 50 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are long, narrow, and fleshy. Flowers are bell-shaped, some nodding while others in the same umbel erect, the tepals white or pale purple with prominent green or purple midveins. == Taxonomy ==

A. paniculatum is placed within section Codonoprasum, subgenus Allium. There is some degree of uncertainty with regards to the relationships of taxa within the section. The Plant List gives A. pallens as an accepted name, • Allium pallens var. grandiflorum, now called Allium litardierei • Allium pallens var. pseudooleraceum, now called Allium oleraceum • Allium pallens var. savii, now called Allium savii • Allium pallens subsp. siciliense , now called Allium lehmannii • Allium pallens subsp. tenuiflorum , now called Allium tenuiflorum ==References==