Allium glomeratum

头花薤 tou hua xie
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. glomeratum
Binomial name
Allium glomeratum
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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]

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 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
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