ثوم كاسيوسي

الوصف النباتي

Stem : Thin, flexuous, smooth; subtended by a short subterranean portion continuous with the bulb.

الأوراق

Leaves : Very narrow, linear blades usually matching the stem in length; normally glabrous but in var. * hirtellum Boiss. * stem and leaves bear spreading hairs.

الأزهار

Spathe : Two acuminate valves about half the length of the pedicels; they split early and persist as narrow points.، Inflorescence : Loose umbel of 7 – 12 out‑facing flowers; pedicels thread‑like, c. three times the perianth length.، Perianth : 4 – 5 mm, pure white aging pink; tepals translucent‑lanceolate, very blunt at first but becoming involute and apparently acute after anthesis.، Stamens & style : Filaments united and broadened at the base, then tapering; about two‑thirds the perianth length. Anthers ovate, yellow; style slightly exserted beyond the stamens.

الثمار والبذور

Capsule : Brown, hemispherical and appreciably shorter than the persistent perianth.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Flowering period : May – July.

الانتشار الموثق

Leb. Tur. Cyp.

Native range : Eastern Mediterranean: Cilicia (Turkey), Mount Cassius and the Syrian coastal range, and scattered high‑mountain stations in Lebanon (Cedars of Ehden, Jabal Jrad, Laqlouq, Nebaʿ el‑ʿAssal, Slenfé, etc.).

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life‑form & habit : Slender mountain onion; scape flexible, 10 – 25 cm tall, leafy only near the base, often bending gracefully in exposed sites.

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Allium cassium

الفصيلة

ثومية

نباتات من الفصيلة نفسها

Allium libani var. tannourinensis

Allium sp. (Kornet Chehwan)

Allium sp. (Sannine)

Allium sp. (Zeraaya)