Allium altaicum
| Allium altaicum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Tribe: | Allieae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. altaicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium altaicum Pall. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium altaicum is a species of onion native to Asiatic Russia (Altay, Buryatiya, Zabaykalsky Krai, Irkutsk, Tuva, Amur Oblast), Mongolia, Kazakhstan and northern China (Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang).[2][3]
Allium altaicum produces narrowly egg-shaped bulbs up to 4 cm in diameter. Scape is round in cross-section, up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are round, up to 50 cm long. Flowers are pale yellow, up to 20 mm across. Ovary is egg-shaped; stamens longer than the tepals.[4][5]
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ Flora of China v 24 p 192.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Peter Simon von Pallas. 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs 2: 737, pl. R.
- ↑ line drawing, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 213, 5-8
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