Description
The plant grows from bulbs which are oval in shape. Small bulblets are present under the outer layer of the stem (making the plant potentially invasive when grown in gardens). Flowers are borne on a stem up to 50 cm in height, in a spherical to egg-shaped umbel, 1 to 6 cm in diameter. The relatively small size of the umbel relative to the height of the stem makes this one of those described as 'drumstick alliums'. Individual flowers are reddish-purple and are occasionally replaced by bulbils (again making this a potentially invasive species).
A. sphaerocephalon grows wild in Europe (in Great Britain only in the Avon Gorge, Bristol), north Africa and west Asia.
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