Allium spathaceum, the Ethiopian onion, is a plant species native to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan. Of the 900 known species of onion in the world, this is one of only a few that are endemic to the area.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Allium spathaceum is a bulb-forming perennial up to 40 cm tall, with a scent similar to that of onion or leeks. It has very narrow, linear leaves with hairs along the edges. The umbel contains only a few flowers, with long pedicels. Tepals are white with reddish midveins.Richard, Achille. 1850. Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae seu Enumeratio Plantarum hucusque in plerisque Abyssiniae 2: 330.Duyfjes, Brigitta Emma Elisabeth. 1972. Rev. Gen. Allium in Africa 142; Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool Wageningen, 76(11).JSTOR Global Plants compilation page, Allium spathaceumCzech Botany, Allium spathaceum
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External links photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, Allium spathaceum, collected Ethiopia in 1838