Allium senescens
| German garlic | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Rhizirideum |
| Species: | A. senescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium senescens | |
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Allium senescens, commonly called aging chive,[4] German garlic, or broadleaf chives,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium (which includes all the ornamental and culinary onions and garlic).
Description[edit]
A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it produces up to 30 pink flowers in characteristic allium umbels in the mid to late summer and grows 8–40 inches (20–102 cm) in height. The foliage is thin and straplike.
Taxonomy[edit]
Two subspecies have been named:[3]
- Allium senescens subsp. glaucum
- Allium senescens subsp. senescens
Distribution[edit]
Allium senescens is native to northern Europe and Asia, from Siberia to Korea. It has been introduced and naturalized in some parts of Europe, including the Czech Republic and former Yugoslavia.[5]
Uses[edit]
Allium senescens is grown for its ornamental qualities, and as a gene source because of its tertiary genetic relationship to A. cepa (the common onion).[3] In the UK it has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Duarte, M.C., Holubec, V., Uzundzhalieva, K., Vögel, R., Vörösváry, G. & Maslovky, O. (2011). Allium senescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172240A6855435. Downloaded on 05 January 2019.
- ^ Allium senescens was first described and published in Species Plantarum 1: 299-300. 1753. "Name - Allium senescens L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Allium senescens". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 348. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ "Allium senescens". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder - Allium senescens". Royal Horticultural Society. 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
External links[edit]
- Rob's plants: Allium senescens
- Fine gardening: Allium senescens
- "Allium senescens". Plants for a Future.