Liliaceae

A. pseudoampeloprasum Miscz. ex Grossh., Fl. Kavk.ed. 1,1:204(1928). Ic: Grossh., Fl. Kavk. ed. 2, 2: t. 14 f. 6 & 6a (1940). Figure 6. Map 22.
Bulb ovoid, 1-2 cm; outer tunics membranous, greyish-biack; bulblets yellowish, smooth. Stem 40-60 cm. Leaves 4-5, 6-8 mm broad, flat, glabrous. Spathe soon caducous. Umbel globose, (4-)5 cm diam., dense, many-flowered.Pedicels slender, 2-4 xflowers. Perianth ovoid or camp anulate; segments bright pink, with purple midvein or purple in upper part, shining, 3.5-5 mm; outer lanceolate, scabrid ulous, longer than oblong -lanceolate inner ones, all acute. Filaments almost twice as long as perianth; outer triaaguiar-subulate, inner scarcely broader than perianth segments; cusps of inner filaments subequal. Capsule c. 4 mm. FL 6-7. Dry rocky and volcanic slopes, 2400-2500 m.
Type: [USSR, Soviet Armenia] Shorbuiag, Erivan, [1200 m, dry clayey slopes] (iso. LE!).
E. Anatolia. B8 Bingöl: Bingöl to Çat, Bingöl Da., 2500 m, T. Baytop (lSTE 18285)! B9 Van: Erek Da., 2440 m, D. 22904!
Soviet Armenia. Ir.-Tur. element. In D. 22904 the perianth segments are smooth and have some lateral lobes. The cited specimens may also have some affinity to A. ampeloprasum subsp. iranicum Wendelbo, but their perianth segments are lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate (not ovate) and acute or subacute.