Purple flowered garlic
Allium rotundum
The round garlic (Allium rotundum L., family Liliaceae) has stems of up to 90 cm in height, bearing pink or purple flowers. Its name derives from the large rounded umbels, which are 2-3 cm across. The umbels lack bulbils, but the underground bulb is usually surrounded by purplish-black bulbils with long stalks.
The Ponto-Hyrcanian Subprovince is the natural range of this species, which is most frequent in xerothermic grassland. However, its present range of distribution is much wider, as the garlic has spread over most of Central Europe, including extensive areas in Yugoslavia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Germany, but only as a segetal plant (i.e. associated with cultivated fields). It is reported as established in southern Michigan, USA, and is to be expected elsewhere in the Great Lakes region.
The Ponto-Hyrcanian Subprovince is the natural range of this species, which is most frequent in xerothermic grassland. However, its present range of distribution is much wider, as the garlic has spread over most of Central Europe, including extensive areas in Yugoslavia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Germany, but only as a segetal plant (i.e. associated with cultivated fields). It is reported as established in southern Michigan, USA, and is to be expected elsewhere in the Great Lakes region.