Allium prattii

太白山葱; tai bai shan cong
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Anguinum
Species:	A. prattii
Binomial name
	Allium prattii; C.H.Wright
SynonymsThe Plant List
	Synonymy Allium cannifolium H.Lév. ; Allium ellipticum Wall. ex Kunth ; Allium prattii var. ellipticum F.T.Wang & Tang ; Allium prattii var. vinicolor F.T.Wang & Tang ; Allium victorialis var. angustifolium Hook.f. ;

Allium prattii is an Asian species of wild onion native to Assam, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and China (Anhui, Gansu, Henan, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan). It is found at elevations of 2000–4900 m.^[1]

Allium prattii has a scape up to 60 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, linear or very narrowly elliptic, usually a bit shorter than the scape. Umbel is hemispheric with many red or purple flowers.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Flora of China v 24 p 174 太白山葱 tai bai shan cong Allium prattii
^ Forbes, Francis Blackwell, & Hemsley, William Botting. 1903. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 36(250): 124.
^ Wang, Fa Tsuan, & Tang, T. (Chin). 1937. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology : 7: 297
^ line drawing of Allium prattii, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 162, 1-3

[freetibet-1] Flora of China v 24 p 174 太白山葱 tai bai shan cong Allium prattii

[2] Forbes, Francis Blackwell, & Hemsley, William Botting. 1903. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 36(250): 124.

[3] Wang, Fa Tsuan, & Tang, T. (Chin). 1937. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology : 7: 297

[4] rawing of Allium prattii, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 162, 1-3

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