Allium nutans | |
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Allium nutans at the New York Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. nutans |
Binomial name | |
Allium nutans L. 1753 not Schult. & Schult.f. 1830 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Allium nutans, English common name Siberian chives or blue chives, is a species of onion native to European Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Asiatic Russia (Altay Krai, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, Western Siberia, Amur Oblast). It grows in wet meadows and other damp locations. [2] [3] [4]
Allium nutans has one or two bulbs up to 1.5 to 20 cm (5⁄8 to 7+7⁄8 in) in diameter. Scapes are winged and 2-angled, 30 to 60 cm (12 to 24 in) tall. Leaves are flat, tapering at both ends, 6 to 10 mm (0.24 to 0.39 in) wide at the widest spot (rarely to 15 mm or 0.59 in), about half as long as the scapes. Umbels are spherical, with many pink to pale purple flowers. [2] [5] [6] [7]
Chives, scientific name Allium schoenoprasum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae that produces edible leaves and flowers. Their close relatives include the common onions, garlic, shallot, leek, scallion, and Chinese onion.
Allium tuberosum is a species of plant native to the Chinese province of Shanxi, and cultivated and naturalized elsewhere in Asia and around the world.
Allium ampeloprasum is a member of the onion genus Allium. The wild plant is commonly known as wild leek or broadleaf wild leek. Its native range is southern Europe to western Asia, but it is cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in many countries.
Allium monanthum, the Korean wild chive, is a spring vegetable with minuscule bulbous roots that have a mild onion flavor and found in the woodlands of Korea, Japan, northeastern Russia (Primorye), and northeastern China.
Allium textile is a common species of wild onion found in the central part of North America.
Allium anisopodium, also called thread-leaf chive, is a plant species native to Siberia, the Russian Far East, Korea, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and northern China.
Allium beesianum is a plant species native to southern China, provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan. It grows on slopes and in meadows at elevations of 3000–4200 m.
Allium flavidum is an Asian species of onions native to Xinjiang, Altay Krai, Mongolia and Kazakhstan. It grows in rocky areas.
Allium hymenorhizum is a Eurasian species of wild onion in the amaryllis family. It grows at elevations of 1100–2700 m
Allium longistylum, also called riverside chive, is a species of wild onion native to Korea and northern China. It grows at elevations of 1500–3000 m.
Allium macranthum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Bhutan, Sikkim, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Tibet. It grows in wet places at elevations of 2700–4200 metres.
Allium macrostemon, Chinese garlic, Japanese garlic or long-stamen onion, is a species of wild onion widespread across much of East Asia. It is known from many parts of China, as well as Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet and Primorye. It has been collected from elevations ranging from sea level to 3000 m.
Allium maximowiczii, English common name oriental chive, is an Asian plant species native to Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, Japan, Korea and northeastern China.
Allium oreophilum, the pink lily leek, is a plant species native to Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkmenistan, European Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia.
Allium ramosum, called Fragrant-flowered Garlic or Chinese chives is a northern Asian species of wild onion native to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, the Russian Far East, and northern China. The species is also naturalized in a few places in eastern Europe. In its native range, it grows at elevations of 500–2100 m.
Allium rhynchogynum is a Chinese species of wild onion endemic to the Yunnan region in southern China. It grows at elevations of 2700–3200 m.
Allium sacculiferum, also called northern plain chive or triangular chive, is an East Asian species of wild onion native to Japan, Korea, eastern Russia, and northeastern China. It is found along the banks of lakes and rivers at elevations less than 500 m.
Allium spirale, also known as Korean aging chive, is a plant species native to Korea, Primorye, and parts of China. It is cultivated in many other regions and has for some reason obtained the common name German garlic. Other common names include spiral onion, corkscrew onion, and curly chives.
Allium thunbergii, Thunberg's chive or Thunberg garlic, is an East Asian species of wild onion native to Japan, Korea, and China. It grows at elevations up to 3000 m. The Flora of China recognizes A. tunbergii and A. stenodon as separate species, but more recent sources combine the two.
Allium tulipifolium is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and Altay Krai. It is found at elevations of 600–1000 m.