Rosy Garlic (Allium Roseum)

Allium roseum, commonly called rosy garlic, is an edible, Old World species of garlic native to much of Europe and the Mediterranean region, northern Africa, and western Asia, but widely naturalized outside this range.

This plant grows naturally to about 18 inches (46 cm) high in well-drained soils, and blooms from late spring to early summer.

The inflorescences of the plant are umbels. The loose, fragrant florets are about 3 inches (76 mm) long, having six pinkish to lilac tepals.

Allium roseum is native to the Mediterranean Basin, and has been introduced to many other parts of the world, including Great Britain, the Canary Islands, Madeira, South Australia and New Zealand.

Allium roseum was originally described and published by Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum in 1753.