Allium rude
| 野黄韭 ye huang jiu | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. rude |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium rude Xu, Jie Mei | |
Allium rude is a Chinese species of wild onion native to Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Tibet, at elevations of 2700–5000 m.[1][2]
Allium rude produces one egg-shaped bulb up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 70 cm long, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, long and narrow, usually shorter than the scape, up to 10 mm across. Umbels are spherical with large numbers of yellow flowers crowded together.[1][3][4]
References
- 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 189, 野黄韭 ye huang jiu Allium rude
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Xu, Jie Mei, in Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, T. 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 14: 286, plate 50, figure. 6.
- ↑ line drawing of Allium rude, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 212, 6
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