Allium herderianum

金头韭 jin tou jiu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. herderianum
Binomial name
Allium herderianum
Regel

Allium herderianum is a plant species native to Gansu and Qinghai in China. It grows in dry, sunlit locales at elevations of 2900–3900 meters.[1]

Allium herderianum produces on egg-shaped bulb up to 15 mm across. Scape is up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Umbels are crowded with many yellow flowers.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 190.
  2. ↑ Regel, Eduard August von. 1887 Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(1): 289, 324, pl. 8, f. 2.
  3. ↑ line drawing of Allium herderianum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 207, 1-4
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