Allium flavum

Allium flavum, the small yellow onion or yellow-flowered garlic, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium, which also includes the flowering and culinary onions and garlic.A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from France + Morocco to Iran + Kazakhstan. Allium flavum produces one bulb, and a scape up to 40 cm tall. Umbel contains bright yellow, bell shaped flowers with a pleasing scent. The species epithet flavum is Latin for yellow and indicates its flower colour. It flowers between June and July and is hardy to USDA zones 4 to 8. In cultivation in the UK, A. flavum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World Checklist