Allium setifolium
Appearance
Лук щетинолистный 丝叶韭 si ye jiu | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. setifolium
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Binomial name | |
Allium setifolium |
Allium setifolium is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. It occurs in desert regions at elevations of 400–1000 m.[1][2][3][4]
Allium setifolium is well-adapted to life in a hot, arid environment. It has a cluster of narrow, egg-shaped bulbs each up to 10 mm in diameter. Scape is very short for the genus, rarely more than 10 cm tall. Leaves are reduced to hair-like bristles only 200-300 μm in diameter. Umbel has only a few red flowers.[1][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 191, 丝叶韭 si ye jiu Allium setifolium
- ^ Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
- ^ Petrova, N.A. (ed.) (1967). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR dopolnenie 1: 1-149. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer & Carl Anton von Meyer. 1841. Enumeratio plantarum novarum a cl. Schrenk lectarum 1: 6-7 in Latin
- ^ line drawing of Allium setifolium, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 209, 4-6