Amethyst Garlic (Allium amethystinum)

Amethyst Garlic, a reference photo — Photo: F. D. Richards from Clinton, MI · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Allium amethystinum is a bulbous herbaceous perennial in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Italy, Greece, Turkey, Sicily, Crete, Malta, Albania, Bulgaria, and the former Yugoslavia, and cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. It is one of several species that horticulturalists refer to as "drumstick onions" because of the tight spherical "knob" of flowers at the top, resembling a drumstick.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Amethyst Garlic being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Allium phanerantherum
Allium atroviolaceum
Allium curtum
Allium ampeloprasum
Allium sphaerocephalon

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Allium
Species: Allium amethystinum

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