Allium winklerianum
Appearance
Allium winklerianum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | Allium subg. Melanocrommyum |
Species: | A. winklerianum
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 201 伊犁蒜 yi li suan Allium winklerianum
- ^ Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
- ^ "Rare Plants UK, Allium winklerianum". Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- ^ Pacific Rim Native Plant Nursery, Chilliwack Mountain, British Columbia, Canada
- ^ Merkodovich, N.A. (ed.) (1941). Flora Uzbekistana 1: 1-566. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
- ^ Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 2: 1-454. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
- ^ Petrova, N.A. (ed.) (1967). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR dopolnenie 1: 1-149. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.
- ^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1884. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 8: 661.