Allium saxatileM.Bieb.

WFO wfo-0000757258 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Allium saxatile, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. a Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-08-29 / obs. 49769868
Allium saxatile, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. b Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49769871
Allium saxatile, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. c Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49769873
Allium saxatile, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. d Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49519931
Allium saxatile, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. e Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49519956
Allium saxatile, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. f Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49519991
Allium saxatile, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. g Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49769875

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Allium saxatile is native: Altay, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Belarus, Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia AltayNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusBelarusCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaSouth European Russia
Native distribution of Allium saxatile, 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
Belarus BLR EUROPE
Central European Russia RUC
East European Russia RUE
South European Russia RUS
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS

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 12 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 caucasicum M.Bieb.
  • Allium caucason Turra ex Sacc.
  • Allium globosum M.Bieb. ex DC.
  • Allium globosum var. ochroleucum Regel
  • Allium globosum var. savranicum (Besser) Nyman
  • Allium globosum var. saxatile (M.Bieb.) Nyman
  • Allium globosum var. stevenii (Willd. ex Ledeb.) Nyman
  • Allium gmelinianum Miscz. ex Grossh.
  • Allium ruprechtii Boiss.
  • Allium saxatile var. globosum (M.Bieb. ex DC.) Seregin & Sennikov
  • Allium stevenii var. saxatile (M.Bieb.) Regel
  • Allium xanthicum var. chloranthum Nyman

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. 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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