''Allium longispathum'', the Mediterranean onion, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Amaryllidaceae The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus '' Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryl ...

, native to

Macaronesia Macaronesia (Portuguese: ''Macaronésia,'' Spanish: ''Macaronesia'') is a collection of four volcanic archipelagos in the North Atlantic, off the coasts of Africa and Europe. Each archipelago is made up of a number of Atlantic oceanic islands ...

and the Mediterranean basin. Some authorities consider it a subspecies of pale garlic, ''

Allium paniculatum ''Allium paniculatum'', common name pale garlic, is a species of monocot in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is widely cultivated and is now naturalized in several places outside its native range. Description ''Allium paniculatum'' produces several ...

''.

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longispathum Flora of the Canary Islands Flora of Madeira Flora of Morocco Flora of Algeria Flora of Tunisia Flora of Southwestern Europe Flora of Southeastern Europe Flora of Turkey Flora of the East Aegean Islands Flora of Cyprus Flora of Syria Flora of Lebanon Flora of Palestine (region) Plants described in 1811 {{Allium-stub