Allium moly, also known as yellow garlic,[4] golden garlic and lily leek, Is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium, which also includes the flowering and culinary onions and garlic. A bulbous herbaceous perennial from the Mediterranean,[5][6] it is edible and also used as a medicinal and ornamental plant.[7][8]

Golden garlic
Allium moly
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. moly
Binomial name
Allium moly L. 1753 not Griseb. & Schur ex Regel 1875 nor Ucria 1789 nor Georgi 1780[2]
Synonyms[3]
Cepa moly (L.) Moench Kalabotis moly (L.) Raf. Molyza moly (L.) Salisb. Nectaroscordum moly (L.) Galasso & Banfi Allium aureum Lam. Allium flavum Salisb. 1796, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 Allium moly var. bulbilliferum Rouy

Occurrence and appearance

Allium moly is primarily found in Spain and Southern France with additional populations in Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Algeria, and Morocco.[3][9][10][11]

With lance-shaped grey-green leaves up to 30 cm long, in early summer it produces masses of star-shaped bright yellow flowers in dense umbels. The cultivar ‘Jeannine’ has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[4]

Variants

formerly included[3]

• Allium moly var. ambiguum, now called Allium roseum
• Allium moly subsp. massaessylum, now called Allium massaessylum
• Allium moly var. stamineum, now called Allium stamineum
• Allium moly var. xericiense, now called Allium scorzonerifolium

See also

• Moly (herb), mentioned in The Odyssey, from which Linnaeus took the species' name

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