Israel wildflowers: Erdel’s garlic
Allium erdelii, Allium philistaeum, Erdel’s garlic,
Hebrew: שום ארדל, Arabic: ثوم شفاف
| Scientific name: | Allium erdelii Zucc. | |
| Scientific name: | Allium philistaeum Boiss. | |
| Common name: | Erdel’s garlic | |
| Hebrew name: | שום ארדל | |
| Arabic name: | ثوم شفاف | |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae, נרקיסיים | |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae (formerly treated as a separate family, Alliaceae) | |
| Tribe: | Allieae (comprises a single genus, Allium) | |
| Genus: | Allium, שום |
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| Life form: | Geophyte | |
| Stems: | Herbaceous; 25 cm high; stem of the currant season’s plant die | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, rosette, entire, smooth | |
| Flowers: | Cream | |
| Fruits / pods: | Capsules, dehiscence loculicidal; seeds black, rounded shape | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes | |
| Chorotype: | Med – Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Allium, onion, chive and garlic. From the classical Latin name for garlic.
erdelii, named for Michael Pius Erdl (1815-1845), German physiologist and anatomist who traveled wiith zoologist Johannes Rudolph Roth and physician and naturalist Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert in 1836-7.
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