Allium subangulatum

Species of plant

紫花韭 zi 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. Rhizirideum
Species:
A. subangulatum
Binomial name
Allium subangulatum

Allium subangulatum is a Chinese species of wild onion, native to Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai Provinces.[1][2]

Allium subangulatum produces a cluster of narrow bulbs, each up to 10 mm across. Scape is up to 35 cm tall. Leaves are long and very narrow, shorter than the scape and usually less than 1 mm wide. Umbel is hemispheric with many flowers crowded together. Tepals reddish-purple with darker red midvein.[1][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 184 紫花韭 zi hua jiu Allium subangulatum
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(1): 340 in Latin
  4. ^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(1): plate V (5), figure 1 at left line drawing of Allium subangulatum
Taxon identifiers
Allium subangulatum