Allium teretifolium

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西疆韭 xi jiang jiu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. teretifolium
Binomial name
Allium teretifolium
Synonyms[1]

Allium grimmii Regel

Allium teretifolium is a plant species native to Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.[2]

Allium teretifolium produces clusters of narrow bulbs, each about 10 mm in diameter. Scapes are up to 50 cm long, round in cross-section. Leaves are tubular, about 1 mm wide, shorter than the scape. Flowers are pink or violet.[2][3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Plant List
  2. ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 183
  3. ^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1878. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 5(2): 629.
  4. ^ Czerepanov, S. K. 1981. Sosudistye Rasteniia SSSR 509 pages. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otd-nie, Leningrad.