''Allium guttatum'', spotted garlic, is a species of
wild garlic Plant species in the genus ''Allium'' known as wild garlic include the following:
*''Allium canadense'', wild onion
*'' Allium carinatum'', keeled garlic
*'' Allium drummondii'', Drummond's onion
*''Allium ochotense'', Siberian onion
*'' Allium ole ...
native to Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, the Balkan Peninsula, the Aegean Islands, Turkey, Cyprus, Romania, and Ukraine (including Crimea).
Described in 1809, by 1819 it was being cultivated in British gardens as an ornamental.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are currently accepted:
*''Allium guttatum'' subsp. ''dalmaticum''
(A.Kern. ex Janch.) Stearn
*''Allium guttatum'' subsp. ''guttatum''
*''Allium guttatum'' subsp. ''kartalkayaense''
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*''Allium guttatum'' subsp. ''sardoum''
(Moris) Stearn
*''Allium guttatum'' subsp. ''tenorei'' (
Parl.) Soldano
References
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guttatum
Plants described in 1809