Allium petraeum
| 石坡韭 shi po jiu Лук щебнистый | |
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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 |
| Species: | A. petraeum
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium petraeum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium globosum subsp. petraeum (Kar. & Kir.) K.Richt. | |
Allium petraeum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.[1] It occurs on cliff faces and other sun-lit rocky places.[2][3]
Allium petraeum has a cluster of narrow bulbs, each up to 15 mm across. Scape is up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, just a bit shorter than the scape, about 1 mm in diameter. Umbel is spherical with a dense cluster of yellow flowers. Tepals are pale yellow to bright lemon yellow, each with a green midvein.[2][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
- ^ a b "Flora of China v 24 p 190 石坡韭 shi po jiu Allium petraeum". efloras.org. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
- ^ Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
- ^ "Karelin, Grigorij Silyč, & Kirilov, Ivan Petrovich. 1842. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 15: 512". biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2016-02-07.