Allium calamarophilon is a species of plant in the genus Allium. It is endemic to Greece, known only from one small population on the Island of Euboea, on a rocky ledge in the center of the island near the town of Kimi. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky shores. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Euboea pixie onion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. calamarophilon
Binomial name
Allium calamarophilon

Allium calamarophilon is a very small plant with a short, slender scape barely 12 cm tall. Leaves are lanceolate. Umbel contains 5-8 white or pink flowers with dark midstripes along each of the tepals.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Phitos, Demetrius, & Tzanoudakis, Dimitrios B. 1981. Botanika Chronika. Patras 1(1): 11.
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  • Iatroú, G. (2006). "Allium calamarophilon". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006. IUCN: e.T61598A102995558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61598A12507566.en. Retrieved 18 December 2017.