Allium atroviolaceumBoiss.

broadleaf wild leek

WFO wfo-0000755727 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Allium atroviolaceum, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. a Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-12 / obs. 142949429
Allium atroviolaceum, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. b Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142951863
Allium atroviolaceum, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. c Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 42940622
Allium atroviolaceum, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. d Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28510951
Allium atroviolaceum, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. e Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147359908
Allium atroviolaceum, photographed by София Р.
fig. f София Р., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146785259
Allium atroviolaceum, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. g Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144207135
Allium atroviolaceum, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. h Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144207865

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Allium atroviolaceum is native: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Saudi Arabia, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AfghanistanIranIraqLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusSaudi ArabiaTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanBulgariaCzechia-SlovakiaGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Allium atroviolaceum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Saudi Arabia SAU
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Bulgaria BUL EUROPE
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Allium ampeloprasum subsp. atroviolaceum (Boiss.) K.Richt.
  • Allium ampeloprasum var. atroviolaceum (Boiss.) Regel
  • Allium atroviolaceum var. caucasicum Sommier & Levier
  • Allium atroviolaceum var. firmotunicatum (Fomin) Grossh.
  • Allium atroviolaceum var. ruderale Grossh.
  • Allium firmotunicatum Fomin

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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