Family: Amaryllidaceae
Local name: Aglio paucifloro
English name: Allium parciflorum
Habitat: cliffs, stone quarries, ravines
Description: Allium parciflorum is a perennial herbaceous plant, endemic to Sardinia, equipped with a basal bulb and reaching a height between 10 and 25 cm. This species is characterised by very long and thin cylindrical leaves, which disappear during the blooming season. The flowers are tubular and bell-shaped, sustained by 1-3 cm long fine peduncles. They bloom from June to September.
It can be found in Sardinia, extending from the sea level, up to the mountainous areas.
Texts: National Park, with the collaboration of Associazione G.Cesaraccio - ProNatura APS
Pictures: Tommaso Gamboni (Ass.G.Cesaraccio - ProNatura APS)
Bibliographic sources:
Flora dell’Arcipelago di La Maddalena. G. Cesaraccio. Ed. Sorba.
Portale della flora d’Italia. http://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php
Acta plantarum. https://www.actaplantarum.org/
Altervista botanica. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa
Flora di Sardegna. http://www.sardegnaflora.it/