Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 301 [primary reference]

• Type: "Habitat in alpestribus Sibiriae, Oelandiae locis rupestribus."

Willis, J.H. (1962), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria 1: 324 [secondary reference]

Stearn, W.T. in Stearn, W.T. (ed.) (1978), European species of Allium and allied genera of Alliaceae: a synonymic enumeration. Annales Musei Goulandris 4: 130-132 [secondary reference]

Stearn, W.T. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Allium. Flora of Australia 45: 361 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: Recorded as an occasional garden escape in Victoria by J.H.Willis, Handb. Pl. Victoria 1: 324 (1962), but not known to be naturalised in Australia.

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