Allium lusitanicum is a plant species widespread over much of Europe, mostly in mountainous regions. It has been reported from every country on the continent from Portugal to Ukraine except Iceland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Finland, Albania and Greece.Altervista Flora Italiana, Schede di Botanica. Allium lusicanicumFriesen, Nikolai. 1998. Taxonon\my, chronology and evolution of Allium lusitanicum, the European Allium senescens. Linzer Biologische Beitraege. Linz. 30:815-830.
Allium lusitanicumm is a bulb-forming perennial with thread-like leaves shorter than the stipes. Stipes are up to 20 cm tall. Tepals, anthers and styles are all a uniform shade of rose-violet.Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. 1783. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1: 70.
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