Amaryllidaceae
White garlic
Allium neapolitanum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- ثوم نابولي
- arz
- ثوم نابولى
- Bulgarian
- Неаполитански лук, Бял чесън
- Chinese
- 那不勒斯韭, 那不靳斯韭, 南欧葱, 无味假葱, 纸花葱
- Czech
- Česnek neapolský
- English
- White garlic
- French
- Ail blanc
- German
- Neapolitanischer Lauch
- Hebrew
- שום משולש
- Russian
- Лук неаполитанский
- Slovenian
- Neapeljski luk
- Spanish
- Lagrimas de la Magdalena, Lágrimas de la Magdalena
- Tamil
- நாபொலி பூண்டு
- Turkish
- Sarmısak çiçeği
- Welsh
- Garlleg Napoli
Synonyms
- Allium album Santi
- Allium amblyopetalum Link
- Allium candidissimum Cav.
- Allium candidum C.Presl
- Allium cowanii Lindl.
- Allium gouanii G.Don
- Allium inodorum Aiton
- Allium lacteum Sm.
- Allium laetum Pollini
- Allium liliflorum Zeyh.
- Allium neapolitanum var. angustifolium Täckh. & Drar
- Allium sieberianum Schult. & Schult.f.
- Allium subhirsutum Sieber ex Kunth
- Allium subhirsutum Delile ex Boiss.
- Allium subhirsutum subsp. album (Santi) Maire & Weiller
- Allium subhirsutum var. glabrum Regel
- Allium sulcatum DC.
- Geboscon inodorum (Aiton) Thell.
- Nectaroscordum neapolitanum (Cirillo) Galasso & Banfi
- Nothoscordum inodorum (Aiton) G.Nicholson
- Nothoscordum inodorum (Aiton) Asch. & Graebn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dawid Skalec, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Davidbena, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.