Amaryllidaceae
Rosy garlic
Allium roseum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- ثوم وردي
- arz
- ثوم وردى
- Azerbaijani
- Çəhrayı soğan
- Bulgarian
- Розов лук
- Czech
- Česnek růžový
- Dutch
- Roze look
- English
- Rosy garlic
- French
- Ail rose
- German
- Rosen-Lauch, Rosenlauch
- Hebrew
- שום ורוד
- Icelandic
- Blossalaukur
- Portuguese
- Alho-rosado, Alho rosado
- Russian
- Лук розовый
- Slovenian
- Rožnati luk
- Swedish
- Kvicklök
- Tamil
- அல்லியம் உரோசம்
- Welsh
- Garlleg rhosliw
Synonyms
- Allium ambiguum Sm.
- Allium carneum Ten.
- Allium cirrhosum Raeusch.
- Allium moly var. ambiguum Nyman
- Allium pandatarium N.Terracc.
- Allium roseum f. albiflorum Maire
- Allium roseum f. bulbillosum Maire
- Allium roseum f. carneum Maire & Weiller
- Allium roseum f. majale (Ten.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Allium roseum subsp. ambiguum (Nyman) K.Richt.
- Allium roseum subsp. majale (Ten.) K.Richt.
- Allium roseum subsp. odoratissimum (Desf.) Murb.
- Allium roseum subsp. pandatarium (N.Terracc.) K.Richt.
- Allium roseum var. bulbiferum DC.
- Allium roseum var. bulbulliferum Vis.
- Allium roseum var. carneum (O.Targ.Tozz.) Rchb.
- Allium roseum var. grandiflorum Briq.
- Allium roseum var. humile Sommier
- Allium roseum var. insulare Gennari
- Allium roseum var. majale (Ten.) Regel
- Allium roseum var. odoratissimum (Desf.) Coss.
- Allium roseum var. perrotii Maire
- Allium rubicundum Willd. ex Kunth
- Molium roseum (L.) Fourr.
- Nectaroscordum roseum (L.) Galasso & Banfi
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 1,257 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dino Babić, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lucarelli, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lucarelli, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Meucci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Allium roseum and Oxythyrea funesta.JPG : Lucarelli derivative work: Amara aenea, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nick Butcher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, 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). About our plant data.