Allium jacquemontii
| 高原薤 gao yuan xie | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. jacquemontii |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium jacquemontii Kunth | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium miserabile Wendelbo | |
Allium jacquemontii is a plant species native to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Xizang (Tibet) and Xinjiang. It grows high in the mountains at elevations of 4000–4500 m.[2][3]
Allium jacquemontii forms solitary egg-shaped bulbs about 10 mm across. Scapes are up to 40 cm tall. Umbel forms a hemisphere of many densely packed red or purple flowers.[2][4][5]
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 200, Allium jacquemontii
- ↑ Flora of Pakistan, Allium jacquemontii
- ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1843. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 4: 399.
- ↑ Wendelbo, Per Erland Berg. 1967. Nytt Magasin for Botanikk Oslo xiv. 104.
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