Allium prostratum

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. prostratum
Binomial name
Allium prostratum
L.C.Trevir. 1822 not Maxim. 1859
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy
  • Allium cernuumSchult. & Schult.f. 1830, illegitimate name not Roth 1798
  • Allium congestum G.Don
  • Allium declinatumRchb. 1841, illegitimate name not Willd. 1827
  • Allium declinatum Willd. 1827
  • Allium deflexumFisch. ex Kunth 1843, illegitimate name not Willd. 1799
  • Allium fischeri Besser ex Schult. & Schult.f. 1830 not Regel 1875
  • Allium satoanum Kitag.
  • Allium stellerianum var. prostratum(Trevir.) Regel

Allium prostratum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Siberia (Zabaykalsky Krai, Buryatia, Yakutia), Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang. It grows in sunlit locations on steppes and rocky slopes. [2]

Allium prostratum spreads by means of a robust horizontal rhizome. It produces 1 or 2 bulbs up to 10 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 25 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scape. Umbel is hemispheric, with purple flowers. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. The Plant List
  2. 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 186, Allium prostratum
  3. line drawing of Allium prostratum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 197, 1-3
  4. Treviranus, Ludolf Christian. 1822. Alii species quotquot in horto botanico Wratislaviensis coluntur recensuit, rariores observationibus illustravit 16.
  5. Kitagawa, Masao. 1934. Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 48(566): 92.