Allium iliense
Appearance
Allium iliense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | Allium subg. Melanocrommyum |
Species: | A. iliense
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Binomial name | |
Allium iliense |
Allium iliense is a species of wild onion native to southeastern Kazakhstan.[2] Living in sandy areas, its loose inflorescence can detach when ripe and roll in the wind, spreading seeds much further in the manner of a tumbleweed.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 41(II): 452 (1868)
- ^ "Allium iliense Regel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Fritsch, Reinhard M. (2016). "A Preliminary Review of Allium subg. Melanocrommyum in Central Asia". Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben: 1–288. doi:10.5447/IPK/2016/60.
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