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Stace 4:

Allium neapolitanum Cirillo - Neapolitan Garlic.

Stems to 50cm, triangular in section with 2 edges much more acute than others; leaves flat, keeled, 5-20mm wide; inflorescence of flowers only; tepals 7-12mm, white; stamens shorter than tepals; filaments simple; (2n=14, 21, 28, 35). Neophyte-naturalised; garden plant naturalised in rough and cultivated ground, hedgebanks and waysides; frequent in South West England and Chanel Isles, very scattered elsewhere in England, Wales, Ireland and Isle of Man; Mediterranean.

Key:

• Stem triangular in section
• Stigma simple; spathe 1-valved