| Allium spurium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Rhizirideum |
| Species: | A. spurium |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium spurium G. Don 1827 not Schult. & Schult.f. 1830 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Allium spurium is a species of wild onion native to eastern Russia (Amur Oblast, Buryatiya, Yakutia, Zabaykalsky Krai), Mongolia and China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia). [2] [1]
Allium spurium produces 1 or 2 bulbs, each up to 15 mm in diameter. Plant spreads by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are flat, narrowly linear, about 3 mm wide. Scapes are up to 40 cm tall. Umbel is hemispheric, with many pink or lilac flowers. [2] [3] [4] [5]
