Allium winklerianum

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Allium winklerianum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. winklerianum
Binomial name
Allium winklerianum

Allium winklerianum is an Asian species of onion native to Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. [1] [2] It is also cultivated as an ornamental elsewhere because of the pretty flowers and also because of the strong lilac scent to the blooms. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Allium winklerianum has a round bulb up to 2 cm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are flat, shorter than the scape, up to 25 mm across. Umbel is hemispheric, with many flowers crowded together. Tepals are lilac-colored. [2] [9]

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References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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  9. Regel, Eduard August von. 1884. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 8: 661.