Biology:Allium humile

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Short description: Species of plant

Small Alpine Onion
雪韭 xue jiu
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. humile
Binomial name
Allium humile
Kunth
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium govanianum Wall. ex Baker
  • Allium nivale Jacquem. ex Hook.f. & Thomson

Allium humile is an Asian species of wild onion found at high elevations (4000–4500 m) in India (Jammu-Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh), Nepal, northern Pakistan , Tibet, and Yunnan.[2][3][4][5][6]

Allium humile has narrow, cylindrical bulbs. Scape is up to 15 cm tall, slightly compressed. Leaves are flat, fleshy, linear, about 5 mm wide. Umbel is hemispheric, crowded with many flowers. Tepals are white with yellowish-green midveins.[3][7]

The species formerly included a variety Allium humile var. trifurcatum F.T.Wang & Tang which is since 1991 called Allium trifurcatum (F.T.Wang & Tang) J.M.Xu.[8]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15521244 entry