Arnold has pointed out an excellent allium (A. guttatum ssp. sardoum), one that needs to be grown by more bulb lovers. As he points out, it's hard to photograph, being merely a shuttle-cock shaped knob of white on a tall slender stem. But the detail in the inflorescence is something worth studying and admiring... the tiny florets so evenly spaced yet not touching, that it inspires wonder about the geometry in nature. Also unusual, is that the fact the outer side of the tiny florets, in this subspecies, are marked with gray-olive green, yet the pedicels suspending the florets are vivid white, adding to the inner grow and visual effect of buds "suspended" in an evenly space explosion of sorts. There was already a photo (by me) for this species, in the "drumstick onion" grouping of Allium, so I moved Arnolds photograph to this Allium wiki section. In addition to a photo of this variety by me and Arnold, I uploaded a photo of A. guttatum ssp. dalmaticum, the purplish-flowered variant of the species; all found at: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… P.S. these varieties of Allium are commercially available from Pacific Rim Nursery. Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States antennaria@aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5 ============================================== >> web site under construction - http://www.plantbuzz.com/ << alliums, bulbs, penstemons, hardy hibiscus, western american alpines, iris, plants of all types!