Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Distribution
Geogr. District
- Golan (Rare)
- Hula Plain (Common)
- Upper Galilee (Common)
- Lower Galilee (Rare)
- Kinnroth Valley (V. Rare)
- Mt. Carmel (V. Rare)
- Esdraelon Plain (Common)
- Bet Shean Valley (V. Rare)
- Acco Plain (V. Rare)
- Sharon Plain (Common)
- Philistean Plain (Common)
- Samaria (V. Rare)
- Samarian Desert (Rare)
- Lower Jordan Valley (Common)
- Shefela (Rare)
- Judean Mountains (Common)
- Judean Desert (Common)
- Northern Negev (Common)
- Western Negev (V. Rare)
- Negev Highlands (Common)
- Southern Negev (V. Rare)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
A bulbous geophyte with whitish flowers, blooming takes place at the end of spring when most other herbaceous plants are dry.
The status of this species in still not clear. Brullo et al described the populations of Allium pallens in our region as Allium nazarenum with a typical subspecies in the Mediterranean region and ssp. ramonense in the Negev Highlands. The typical subspecies has larger plants, purplish anthers and spathe that is longer than the inflorescence. Ssp ramonense is a smaller plant with yellowish anthers and spathe about the size of the inflorescence or shorter. According to Brullo et al. Allium pallens is a separate species, but in Kew’s Plants of the world catalog it is a ssp. of Allium paniculatum.
O. Fragman-Sapir, 2019
Family
Additional Names
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- שׁוּם לְבַנְבַּן
- Synonym (Scientific):
- Allium coppoleri Tineo
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- geophyte
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- ephemeral
- Petal or tepal color:
- white
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- July, June, May
- Leaf arrangement:
- alternate (one leaf per node), rosette
- Leaf Type:
- entire
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Batha, Phrygana
- Chorotype:
- Mediterranean
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- obligate natural
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Monocotyledoneae
- Family:
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus:
- Allium
