大花韭 da hua jiu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Amerallium
Species:
A. macranthum
Binomial name
Allium macranthum
Synonyms[1][2]

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.[3][4][5]

Allium macranthum has short, thick roots and a cylindrical bulb. Scapes are up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat, long, and thin, about the same length as the scapes but less than 2 cm across. Umbels have only a few purple, bell-shaped flowers.[3][6][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 176 Allium macranthum
  4. ↑ Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
  5. ↑ "Digital Flora of Bhutan, Allium macranthum". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  6. ↑ Baker, John Gilbert. 1874. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 12(142): 293.
  7. ↑ Regel, Eduard August von. 1884. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 8: 658.
  8. ↑ Augustin Abel Hector Léveillé. 1913. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 12(325–330): 288.
  9. ↑ line drawing of Allium macranthum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 170, 1-4
  10. ↑ photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Bhutan, Allium macranthum
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