Allium commutatum SEEDS

Allium commutatum seeds grow into a bulbous geophyte native to the temperate biome of the western, central and eastern Mediterranean from the Italian islands (Sicily, Sardinia, Pantelleria), the Adriatic coast, Greece and the Aegean, Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean. Described by Giovanni Gussone (17871866), the great Italian botanist of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies who documented much of the Mediterranean island flora. The epithet commutatum means ‘changed’ or ‘interchangeable’, indicating its confused taxonomic relationship with related Mediterranean Allium. A tall, robust Allium producing large umbels of small flowers on stout scapes in summer related to A. ampeloprasum (leek), under which it has been treated as a subspecies. Family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Allioideae.

Full sun; well-drained rocky Mediterranean soils; dry summer dormancy; warm Mediterranean climate.

• ‘Commutatum’ = changed/interchangeable; related to A. ampeloprasum; described by Gussone (17871866)
• Tall robust plant; large umbels on stout scapes; summer-flowering
• W. Central & E. Mediterranean temperate biome; Italian islands, Adriatic, Greece, Turkey
• Genus ~920 species; family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Allioideae
• Full sun; well-drained rocky soils; dry summer; Mediterranean climate; Family Amaryllidaceae

Allium commutatum is a tall Mediterranean allium described by the great botanist Gussone from the Mediterranean island and coastal flora, a robust ornamental species from the central and eastern Mediterranean shores valued by collectors of wild Allium species.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.