Biology:Allium elegantulum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

雅韭 ya jiu
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. elegantulum
Binomial name
Allium elegantulum
Kitag.

Allium elegantulum is a species of onions endemic to the province of Liaoning northeastern China .[1] The plant grows on cliffs and in other rocky or sandy places.[2]

Allium elegantulum produces a cluster of narrow bulbs rarely more than 5 mm across. Scapes are up to 20 cm tall, round in cross-section. Tepals are white to pale pink with a darker red midvein.[2][3]

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 2.0 2.1 Flora of China v 24 p 185 雅韭 ya jiu Allium elegantulum
  3. Kitagawa, Masao. 1935. Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukuo, Sect. IV, Pt. 2, Contributions to the Cognition of the Flora Manshuricae 2: 98.

Wikidata ☰ Q15520614 entry