Allium glomeratum

Allium glomeratum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. glomeratum
Binomial name
Allium glomeratum

Allium glomeratum is a Central Asian species of onion native to Xinjiang, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan.[1] It occurs at elevations of 1500–3000 m.[2][3]

Allium glomeratum produces one round bulb up to 20 mm across. Scapes are up to 30 cm tall. Flowers are pale purple.[2][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 198 头花薤 tou hua xie Allium glomeratum
  3. ^ Petrova, N.A. (ed.) (1967). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR dopolnenie 1: 1-149. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.
  4. ^ Prokhanov, Jaroslav Ivanovic. 1930. Izvestija Glavnogo Botaničeskogo Sada SSSR 29: 560, f. 2
  5. ^ line drawing of Allium glomeratum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 225, 1-3