Allium neriniflorum

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Allium neriniflorum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Caloscordum
Species:
A. neriniflorum
Binomial name
Allium neriniflorum
Synonyms [1]

Allium neriniflorum is a species of wild onion native to Mongolia, the Zabaykalsky Krai region of Siberia, and northern China (Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning). It grows on coastal sand dunes, wet meadows, hillsides, etc., at elevations up to 2000 m. [2] [1] [3]

Allium neriniflorum produces one round or egg-shaped bulb up to 2 cm (23 in) in diameter. Scape is up to 50 cm (20 in) tall. Leaves are round in cross-section, hollow, about the same length as the scape. Umbels contain only a few flowers, usually red or red-violet but sometimes white. [2] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 202 长梗合被韭 chang geng he bei jiu Allium neriniflorum
  3. Choi, H.J. & Oh, B.U. (2011). A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 167: 153-211.
  4. Don, George. 1855. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology 12(142): 290.
  5. Kitagawa, Masao. 1935. Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukou Sect. IV 4: 14